There are two main types of EAN codes, EAN-8 and EAN-13. The code used in the commodity is more. The management of the EAN barcode system is carried out by the International Article Numbering Association (International Article Numbering Association), which is responsible for the allocation and authorization of the national representative numbers of each member country. Manufacturers, retailers, etc. grant the manufacturer representative number, which has a wide range of applications.

EAN-8: Also known as JAN-8 or UCC-8, it supports digital coding from 0 to 9. It consists of 8 digits, and the last digit is the check code. It is a simple coding form of EAN. It is mainly used in department stores and supermarkets. .EAN-8 supports EAN-8+2digits and EAN-8+5digits additional bits, the latter 2 and 5 additional bits are usually used for price purposes.

EAN-13: Also known as JAN-13 or UCC-13, it supports digital encoding from 0 to 9. It consists of 13 digits, and the last digit is the check code. It is mainly used in department stores and supermarkets. EAN 13 supports EAN 13+2digits and EAN 13+5digits additional digits, the latter 2 and 5 additional digits are usually used for price purposes. We mainly use EAN-13 code more in China.