World Manufacturers Identification (WMI) are the first three characters from VIN, that identify the manufacturer of the vehicle and the region where manufacturer is located.

A manufacturer is issued with a WMI in accordance with international standard ISO 3780. A few manufacturers use the third character to identify the vehicle category or a division within a manufacturer. For example 1G is assigned to General Motors in the United States where 1G1 represents Chevrolet passenger cars and 1GC - Chevrolet trucks.

In the tables below, where a letter is preceding a number it denotes the range. For example, 7Y–72 denotes the range 7Y, 7Z, 71, 72, excluding 70.

Region codes part 1

A - H = Africa	J - R = Asia	S - Z = Europe
AA-AH South Africa AJ-AN Cote d'Ivoire AP-A0 unassigned AR-AL Algeria BA-BE Angola BF-BK Kenya BL-BR Tanzania BS-B0 unassigned CA-CE Benin CF-CK Madagascar CL-CR Tunisia CS-C0 unassigned DA-DE Egypt DF-DK Morocco DL-DR Zambia DS-D0 unassigned EA-EE Ethiopia EF-EK Mozambique EL-E0 unassigned FA-FE Ghana FF-FK Nigeria FL-F0 unassigned GA-G0 unassigned HA-H0 unassigned	J Japan KA-KE Sri Lanka KF-KK Israel KL-KR Korea (South) KS Jordan KS-K0 Kazakhstan L China (Mainland) MA-ME,MZ India MF-MK Indonesia ML-MR Thailand MS-M0 Myanmar NA-NE Iran NF-NK Pakistan NL-NR Turkey NS-N0 unassigned PA-PE Philippines PF-PK Singapore PL-PR Malaysia PS-P0 unassigned RA-RE United Arab Emirates RF-RK Taiwan RL-RR Vietnam RS-R0 Saudi Arabia	SA-SM United Kingdom SN-ST Germany (formerly East Germany) SU-SZ Poland S1-S4 Latvia S5-S0 unassigned TA-TH Switzerland TJ-TP Czech Republic TR-TV Hungary TW-T1 Portugal T2-T0 unassigned UA-UG unassigned UH-UM Denmark UN-UT Ireland UU-UZ Romania U1-U4 unassigned U5-U7 Slovakia U8-U0 unassigned VA-VE Austria VF-VR France VS-VW Spain VX-V2 Serbia V3-V5 Croatia V6-V0 Estonia W Germany (formerly West 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 ZS-ZW unassigned ZX-Z2 Slovenia Z3-Z5 Lithuania Z6-Z0 unassigned

 

Region codes part 2

1 - 5 = North America	6 - 7 = Oceania	8 - 9 = South America
1, 4, or 5 United States 2 Canada 3A-3W Mexico 3X-37 Costa Rica 38-39 Cayman Islands 30 unassigned	6 Australia 7 New Zealand	8A-8E Argentina 8F-8K Chile 8L-8R Ecuador 8S-8W Peru 8X-82 Venezuela 82-82 Bolivia 83-80 unassigned 9A-9E Brazil 9F-9K Colombia 9L-9R Paraguay 9S-9W Uruguay 9X-92 Trinidad & Tobago 93–99 Brazil 90 unassigned

 

WMI codes for the factories of the former USSR

WMI

Manufacturer

MX0 MX1 MX5 MX9 NS4 X06 X08 X0C X0J X0P X0T X0Y X1A X1C X1D X1E X1F X1H X1J X1L X1M X1P X1R X1S X1T X1U X1V X1W X1X X3W X3Z X43 X4A X4K X4X X52 X5C X5F X5T X6F X6D X78 X7D X7M X7Y X7Z X8U X96 X9F X9H X9L X9N X9U X9X XE7 XSE XSM XSR XSW XSY XSZ XT6 XTA XTC XTD XTE XTF XTH XTJ XTK XTM XTP XTT XTU XTW XTY XTZ XTВ XU5 XUB XUS XUU XUW XVC XVD XVF XVG XVL XWB XWE XWF XWK XWN XWW XWX Y3B Y3F Y3H Y3J Y3M Y6D Y6E Y6L Y6R Y7A Y7B Y7F Y7X Y8A Z0X Z76 Z7C Z7G Z6F Z7S Z7T Z7Y Z8E Z8N Z8Y Z9Z

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