{"slug":"country-codes","listId":"ISO 3166-1 alpha-2","listName":"Country codes (common)","description":"ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes for seller, buyer and delivery addresses, with the VAT identifier prefix and EU VAT status of each country.","scopeNote":"Practical subset; ISO 3166-1 contains many more codes.","officialSource":{"label":"ISO 3166-1 country codes","url":"https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html"},"dateModified":"2026-09-14","items":[{"code":"DE","label":"Germany","notes":"EU member state. Use DE in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with DE."},{"code":"FR","label":"France","notes":"EU member state. Use FR in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with FR."},{"code":"IT","label":"Italy","notes":"EU member state. Use IT in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with IT."},{"code":"ES","label":"Spain","notes":"EU member state. Use ES in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with ES."},{"code":"NL","label":"Netherlands","notes":"EU member state. Use NL in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with NL."},{"code":"BE","label":"Belgium","notes":"EU member state. Use BE in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with BE."},{"code":"AT","label":"Austria","notes":"EU member state. Use AT in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with AT."},{"code":"PL","label":"Poland","notes":"EU member state. Use PL in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with PL."},{"code":"DK","label":"Denmark","notes":"EU member state. Use DK in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with DK."},{"code":"SE","label":"Sweden","notes":"EU member state. Use SE in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with SE."},{"code":"FI","label":"Finland","notes":"EU member state. Use FI in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with FI."},{"code":"IE","label":"Ireland","notes":"EU member state. Use IE in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with IE."},{"code":"PT","label":"Portugal","notes":"EU member state. Use PT in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with PT."},{"code":"NO","label":"Norway","notes":"EEA member, but outside the EU VAT area. Goods shipped to Norway are exports (VAT category G); Norwegian VAT numbers end in MVA."},{"code":"CH","label":"Switzerland","notes":"Outside the EU. Goods shipped to Switzerland are exports (VAT category G); Swiss VAT numbers have the form CHE-123.456.789 MWST."},{"code":"GB","label":"United Kingdom","notes":"Outside the EU VAT area since 2021. Use GB, not UK. Trade in goods with Northern Ireland still follows EU VAT rules, and those VAT IDs start with XI."},{"code":"US","label":"United States","notes":"No VAT system. Goods shipped to the United States are exports (VAT category G); B2B services to US businesses are usually outside the scope of EU VAT (category O)."},{"code":"TR","label":"Türkiye","notes":"Outside the EU VAT area. Goods shipped to Türkiye are exports (VAT category G); Turkish tax identification numbers (VKN) have 10 digits."},{"code":"CZ","label":"Czechia","notes":"EU member state. Use CZ in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with CZ."},{"code":"HU","label":"Hungary","notes":"EU member state. Use HU in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with HU."},{"code":"RO","label":"Romania","notes":"EU member state. Use RO in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with RO."},{"code":"BG","label":"Bulgaria","notes":"EU member state. Use BG in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with BG."},{"code":"GR","label":"Greece","notes":"EU member state. Use GR in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with EL. The VAT prefix EL differs from the ISO code GR, so do not copy one into the other."},{"code":"HR","label":"Croatia","notes":"EU member state. Use HR in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with HR."},{"code":"SI","label":"Slovenia","notes":"EU member state. Use SI in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with SI."},{"code":"SK","label":"Slovakia","notes":"EU member state. Use SK in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with SK."},{"code":"EE","label":"Estonia","notes":"EU member state. Use EE in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with EE."},{"code":"LV","label":"Latvia","notes":"EU member state. Use LV in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with LV."},{"code":"LT","label":"Lithuania","notes":"EU member state. Use LT in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with LT."},{"code":"LU","label":"Luxembourg","notes":"EU member state. Use LU in the address country fields (BT-40, BT-55, BT-80); VAT identifiers start with LU."}]}