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New constituent countries for United Kingdom zone
API
Effective April 20, 2021
Zone information for United Kingdom will now return the following possible constituent countries for the UK:
- Name:
England, Code:ENG - Name:
Northern Ireland, Code:NIR - Name:
Scotland, Code:SCT - Name:
Wales, Code:WLS - Name:
British Forces, Code:BFP
Merchants use provinces in their shipping zones settings to specify the rates for a country or province.
All existing shops that have United Kingdom in a zone will automatically include all UK constituent countries.
This data can be queried from the GraphQL admin api or REST admin api
Shipping/billing addresses in the UK are not supposed to contain these consitituent countries. To ensure that the shipping/billing address is displayed correctly, ensure you are using the format_address liquid filter to format correctly based on the address locale.