SSCC-18 Barcode

SSCC-18 is an implementation of the GS1-128 barcode symbology with AI (00) that is typically used to encode an eighteen-digit shipping container serial number.

• The first two numbers are the Application Identifier of the GS1-128: (00).
• The first digit of the data field is the Extension Digit.
• The next 7 digits is the  GS1 Company Prefix.
• The following 9 digits are the Serial Reference Number.
• The last digit is the Check Digit.

Data and Options

• The data field input is provided in GS1 Application Identifier standard format and must be a solitary AI (00) with seventeen or eighteen digits of a Serial Shipping Container Code, i.e. (00)....
• Arbitrary spacing may be placed between the digits to format the human readable text without interfering with the encoded data.
• If seventeen digits of primary data are supplied then the check digit is calculated automatically. Otherwise the provided check digit will be verified.