VIN Country Codes The first one to three characters of a VIN make up the start of the World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI) and reveal where a vehicle was built. The first character identifies the world region; the first two narrow it to a country. These ISO 3780 assignments are listed below.
Africa first char: A–H WMI Code Country AA–AH South Africa AJ–AN Ivory Coast BA–BE Angola BF–BK Kenya BL–BR Tanzania CA–CE Benin CF–CK Madagascar CL–CR Tunisia DA–DE Egypt DF–DK Morocco DL–DR Zambia EA–EE Ethiopia EF–EK Mozambique FA–FE Ghana FF–FK Nigeria
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Asia first char: J–R WMI Code Country J Japan KA–KE Sri Lanka KF–KK Israel KL–KR South Korea KS–K0 Kazakhstan LA–L0 China MA–ME India MF–MK Indonesia ML–MR Thailand MS–M0 Myanmar NA–NE Iran NF–NK Pakistan NL–NR Turkey PA–PE Philippines PF–PK Singapore PL–PR Malaysia RA–RE United Arab Emirates RF–RK Taiwan RL–RR Vietnam RS–R0 Saudi Arabia
Europe first char: S–Z WMI Code Country SA–SM United Kingdom SN–ST Germany SU–SZ Poland S1–S4 Latvia TA–TH Switzerland TJ–TP Czech Republic TR–TV Hungary TW–T1 Portugal UH–UM Denmark UN–UT Ireland UU–UZ Romania U5–U7 Slovakia VA–VE Austria VF–VR France VS–VW Spain VX–V2 Serbia V3–V5 Croatia V6–V0 Estonia WA–W0 Germany XA–XE Bulgaria XF–XK Greece XL–XR Netherlands XS–XW Russia (former USSR) XX–X2 Luxembourg X3–X0 Russia YA–YE Belgium YF–YK Finland YL–YR Malta YS–YW Sweden YX–Y2 Norway Y3–Y5 Belarus Y6–Y0 Ukraine ZA–ZR Italy ZX–Z2 Slovenia Z3–Z5 Lithuania
North America first char: 1–5 WMI Code Country 1 United States 2 Canada 3A–3W Mexico 3X–37 Costa Rica 38–30 Cayman Islands 4 United States 5 United States
Oceania first char: 6–7 WMI Code Country 6A–6W Australia 7A–7E New Zealand
South America first char: 8–9 WMI Code Country 8A–8E Argentina 8F–8K Chile 8L–8R Ecuador 8S–8W Peru 8X–82 Venezuela 9A–9E Brazil 9F–9K Colombia 9L–9R Paraguay 9S–9W Uruguay 9X–92 Trinidad & Tobago
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