044 Subfield $a - Country of publishing/producing entity code:
Subfield $a contains the MARC code for the country of the publishing or producing entity. The code for each country is given in a separate subfield $a. The code appearing in 008/15-17 is given as the first subfield $a.
Examples:
008/15-17 it#
044 ##$ait$afr$asp
[Italy, France, and Spain are copublishing countries.]
008/15-17 xxk
245 00$aLife on earth.$pThe swarming hordes$h[videorecording] /$cproduced by British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Warner Brothers.
044 ##$axxk$axxu
[The United Kingdom and the United States are coproducing countries.]