GS1 Australia User Manual - Numbering and Bar Coding

GS1 Application Identifiers (AIs)
AI (90) - Information Mutually Agreed
Between Trading Partners (Including FACT DIs)
Data Format an..30
Data Title INTERNAL
AI
Data field
90 an 1 – variable – an 30
TABLE 117 AI (90) Structure
AI (90) identifies information of any kind mutually agreed between trading partners with distribution restricted to the
trading partners.
Companies may devise their own internal numbering structures of any length up to thirty characters, formed from
alphabetic and/or numeric characters.
The bar code containing AI (90) should be removed from any trade item that leaves the jurisdiction of the trading
partners.
AI (91) to (99) - Company Internal Information
Data Format an..30
Data Title INTERNAL
AI
Data field
91-99 an 1 – variable – an 30
TABLE 118 AI (91) to (99 ) Structure
Assign AIs (91) through (99) to internal applications.
Companies may devise their own internal code structures for their own purposes and encode them together with these
AIs at their own discretion. These AIs are not to be used for open trade applications.
As an additional security against ambiguity, these AIs should be removed from any item that leaves the jurisdiction of the
company.
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