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Cutter Numbers for Individual Regions and Countries

Please also refer to the LC Cataloger's Desktop, Subject Cataloging Manual Subject Cataloging Manual  Shelflisting : Double and Complex Cuttering, G 300 Regions and Countries Table.

Please keep in mind that this is a guide and the library catalogue should be consulted to determine how the cutter numbers have been applied in the local database.

COUNTRY OR REGIONCUTTER
Abyssinia SEE EthiopiaE8
AfghanistanA3
AfricaA35
Africa, CentralA352
Africa, EastA353
Africa, EasternA354
Africa, French-Speaking WestA3545
Africa, NorthA355
Africa, NortheastA3553
Africa, NorthwestA3554
Africa, SouthernA356
Africa, Sub-SaharanA357
Africa, WestA358
AlbaniaA38
AlgeriaA4
AlpsA43
AmericaA45
AndorraA48
AngolaA5
AnguillaA54
AntarcticaA6
Antigua SEE Antigua and Barbuda 
Antigua and
Barbuda
A63
Arab countriesA65
Arctic regionsA68
ArgentinaA7
ArmeniaA75
Armenian (Republic)A76
ArubaA77
AsiaA78
Asia, CentralA783
Asia, East SEE East Asia 
Asia, South SEE South Asia 
Asia, SoutheasternA785
Asia, Southwestern SEE Middle East 
AustralasiaA788
AustraliaA8
AustriaA9
AzerbaijanA98
BahamasB24
BahrainB26
Balkan PeninsulaB28
Baltic StatesB29
BangladeshB3
BarbadosB35
BelgiumB4
Barbuda SEE Antigua and Barbuda 
BelarusB38
BelgiumB4
BelizeB42
Benlelux CountriesB425
BengalB43
BeninB45
BermudaB46
BhutanB47
BoliviaB5
BonaireB52
Bosnia and HercegovinaB54
BotswanaB55
BrazilB6
British Guiana SEE Guyana 
British Honduras SEE Belize 
British IslesB65
BruneiB7
BulgariaB9
Burkina FasoB92
BurmaB93
BurundiB94
Byzantine EmpireB97
 
CambodiaC16
CameroonC17
CanadaC2 or 3
Canary IslandsC23
Cape VerdeC25
Caribbean AreaC27
Caroline IslandsC275
CaucsusC28
Cayman IslandsC29
Central African RepublicC33
Central AmericaC35
Central EuropeC36
Ceylon SEE Sri Lanka 
ChadC45
ChileC5
ChinaC6
ColombiaC7
Commonwealth countriesC723
Communist countriesC725
ComorosC73
Congo (Brazzaville)C74
Cook IslandsC76
Costa RicaC8
Côte d'IvoireC85
CroatiaC87
CubaC9
CuraçaoC92
CyprusC93
Czexh RepublicC94
CzechoslovakiaC95
Dahomey SEE Benin 
DenmarkD4
Developing countriesD44
DjiboutiD5
DominicaD6
Dominican RepublicD65
Dutch East Indies SEE Indonesia 
Dutch Guiana SEE Indonesia 
 
East AsiaE18
EcuadorE2
EgyptE3
El Salvador SEE Salvador 
Ellice Islands SEE Tuvalu 
England SEE Great Britain 
Equatorial GuineaE6
EritreaE65
EstoniaE75
EthiopiaE8
EuropeE85
Europe, Central SEE Central Europe 
Europe, EasternE852
Europe, NorthernE853
Europe, SouthernE854
Europe, Western SEE Europe 
European Economic Community countriesE86
European Free Trade Association countriesE87
European Union Countries SEE Europe 
Falkland IslandsF3
Faroe IslandsF32
Fiji IslandsF4
FinlandF5
Former Soviet RepublicsF6
Formosa SEE Taiwan 
FranceF8
French GuianaF9
French PolynesiaF93
 
GabonG2
Galapagos IslandsG23
GambiaG25
Georgia (Republic)G28
GermanyG3
Germany (Democratic Republic) SEE Germany 
Germany (East) SEE GermanyG35
Germany (Federal Republic) SEE Germany 
Germany (West) SEE Germany 
GhanaG4
GibralterG5
Gilbert Islands SEE Kiribati 
Great BritainG7
GreeceG8
GreenlandG83
GrenadaG84
GuadeloupeG845
GuamG85
GuatemalaG9
GuianaG915
GuineaG92
Guinea-BissauG93
GuyanaG95
 
HaitiH2
HispaniolaH55
Holland SEE Netherlands 
HondurasH8
Hong KongH85
HungaryH9
 
IcelandI2
IndiaI4
IndochinaI48
IndonesiaI5
Inner Mongolia SEE China 
IranI7
IraqI72
IrelandI73
Islamic countriesI74
Islamic EmpireI742
Islands of the Indian OceanI743
IsraelI75
ItalyI8
Ivory Coast SEE Côte d'Ivoire 
JamaicaJ25
JapanJ3
Java SEE Indonesia 
JerusalemJ4
JordanJ6
Jugoslavia SEE Yugoslavia 
Jutland SEE Demark 
 
Kampuchea SEE Cambodia 
KazakhstanK3
KenyaK4
Kerguelen IslandsK43
KiribatiK5
KoreaK6
Korea (Democratic People's Republic) SEE Korea (North) 
Korea (North)K7
Korea (Republic) SEE Korea 
Korea (South) SEE Korea 
KuwaitK9
KyrgyzstanK98
 
LaosL28
Latin AmericaL29
LatviaL35
LebanonL4
LesothoL5
LiberiaL7
LibyaL75
LiechtensteinL76
LithunaniaL78
LuxembourgL9
 
MacaoM25
MacaronesiaM26
MacedoniaM27
Macedonia (Republic)M275
MadagascarM28
Malagasy Republic SEE Madagascar 
MalawiM3
Malay ArchipelagoM35
Malaya SEE Malaysia 
MalaysiaM4
MaldivesM415
MaliM42
MaltaM43
Marshall IslandsM433
MartiniqueM435
MauritaniaM44
MauritiusM45
MelanesiaM5
Mexican-American Border RegionM58
MexicoM6
MicronesiaM625
Middle EastM628
MoldovaM629
MonacoM63
MongoliaM65
Mongolia (Mongolian People's Republic) SEE Mongolia 
Montenegro SEE Yugoslavia 
MontserratM7
MoroccoM8
MozambiqueM85
Myanmar SEE Burma 
 
NamibiaN3
NauruN32
Near East SEE Middle East 
NepalN35
NetherlandsN4
Netherlands AntillesN42
New CaledoniaN425
New GuineaN43
New Hebrides SEE Vanuatu 
New ZealandN45
NicaraguaN5
NigerN55
NigeriaN6
North AmericaN7
Northern Ireland SEE Great Britain 
Northern Rhodesia SEE Zambia 
NorwayN8
Nyasaland SEE Malawi 
 
OceaniaO3
OmanO5
Outer Mongolia SEE Mongolia 
 
Pacific areaP16
PakistanP18
PalauP185
PalestineP19
PanamaP2
Papau New GuineaP26
ParaguayP3
Persia SEE Iran 
Persian Gulf RegionP35
PeruP4
PhilippinesP6
PolandP7
PolynesiaP75
PortugalP8
Prussia SEE Germany 
Prussia East (Poland and Russia)P85
Puerto RicoP9
 
QatarQ2
 
RéunionR4
Rhodesia, Northern SEE Zambia 
Rhodesia, Southern SEE Zimbabwe 
Roman EmpireR57
RomaniaR6
Rumania SEE Romania 
RussiaR8
RwandaR95
 
SahelS15
Saint Kitts-NevisS16
Saint LuciaS17
Saint VincentS18
SalvadorS2
Samoan IslandsS24
San MarinoS27
Sao Tome and PrincipeS3
Saudi ArabiaS33
ScandinaviaS34
Scotland SEE Great Britain 
SenegalS38
Serbia SEE Yugoslavia 
SeychellesS45
Siam SEE Thailand 
Siberia SEE Russia 
Sierra LeoneS5
SingaporeS55
SlovakiaS56
SloveniaS57
Solomon IslandsS575
SomaliaS58
South AfricaS6
South AmericaS63
South AsiaS64
Southern Cone of South America SEE South America 
Soviet UnionS65
SpainS7
Sri LankaS72
SudanS73
SurinamS75
SwazilandS78
SwedenS8
SwitzerlandS9
SyriaS95
TaiwanT28
Tamil Nadu SEE India 
Tanganyika SEE 
TanzaniaT34
Tasmania SEE Australia 
Terres australes et antarctiques françaisesT47
ThailandT5
TibetT55
Tobago SEE Trinidad and Tobago 
TogoT6
TongaT63
Transvaal SEE South Africa 
Trinidad SEE Trinidad and Tobago 
Trinidad and TobagoT7
TropicsT73
Tubuai IslandsT77
TunisiaT8
TurkeyT9
TurkmenistanT93
Turks and Caicos IslandsT94
TuvaluT95
 
UgandaU33
UkraineU38
United Arab EmiratesU5
United StatesU6
Upper Volta SEE Burkina FasoU65
UruguayU8
UzbekistanU9
 
VanuatuV26
Vatican CityV3
VenezuelaV4
VietnamV5
Vietnam (Democratic Republic) SEE Vietnam 
Virgin IslandsV6
Virgin Islands of the United StatesV63
Wales SEE Great Britain 
West Indies, BritishW47
West Indies, FrenchW48
Western Australia SEE Australia 
 
YemenY4
Yemen (People's Democratic Republic) SEE YemenY45
YugoslaviaY8
 
ZaireZ28
Zambezi River RegionZ32
ZambiaZ33
ZimbabweZ55