ITF-14 Carton Codes
Purchase barcodes for the outer delivery carton of your product
An outer delivery carton barcode is called an ITF-14 Code (it is also sometimes called an GTIN 14 or TUN). ITF-14 Carton Codes are 14-digits long (they are generated from the retail product’s 13-digit EAN barcode number).
How to use your ITF-14 Carton Code:
You will receive your ITF-14 Carton Code images via email in 5 different formats (jpeg, eps, bmp, tiff & pdf). You can then print the ITF-14 Code onto your delivery carton.
Note: ITF-14 Codes are only used for the outer shipping containers/cartons containing the retail products, they are not used on retail products themselves (all products for retail sale need EAN barcodes).
First Example:
If you want to supply tins of apricots to retail stores in delivery boxes that contain 40 tins each, and these tins are to be sold individually within the retail stores, then you will need:
1) One EAN-13 barcode (eg. ‘0123456789012’) to go onto each of the tins (retail products); and
2) One ITF-14 Code (generated from your product barcode – ie. ‘10123456789019’) to be printed onto each of the delivery boxes.
Scenario Two:
If your apricot tins are to be sold in retail stores both as individual tins and as 4-pack lots, then you need to get:
1) Two EAN barcodes (one to go onto the tins that are being sold individually, and the other to go onto the 4-pack tins); and
2) Two ITF-14 carton codes (one generated from each of the EAN barcode numbers). One ITF-code would be for the delivery boxes that contained the individual tins, the other ITF-14 code would be printed onto the delivery boxes that contained the 4-pack lots of tins.