Global Trade Item Number (GTIN)
GTIN
The Global Trade Item Number is 14-digits and illustrated as below :
The orange digits '01' is the Application Identifier which prefixes a GTIN. It is followed by a package indicator (green), the Global Company Prefix (GCP, dark red), the item number (yellow) and a check digit (blue).
Definition of GTIN
A GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) is used for the unique identification of trade items worldwide within the GS1 System. A GTIN has a fourteen -digit data structure though its data carrier (bar code) may contain only twelve digits (the U.P.C.), thirteen digits (EAN-13) or eight digits (EAN-8). The GTIN is defined as a 14-digit number to accommodate all the different structures.
The term "trade item" refers to any product or service upon which there is a need to retrieve pre-defined information; this product or service may be priced, ordered, or invoiced at any point in the supply chain. This includes individual items as well as all of their different packaging configurations.
There are four data structures for the GTIN; each provides unique numbers when right-justified in a 14-digit field.
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