can Google geocode NUTS area codes?

Question

I tried to geocode NUTS codes in Google Fusion Tables (using some Maps API in the background), but despite receiving no error messages or warning, it did not recognize these spatial units. NUTS area codes are fairly standard, even official in Europe, with publicly available shapefiles. Can one easily geolocate using only these codes?

E.g. NUTS codes are in column #7 of my public table (on all Hungarian public procurement contracts 2009-2012).

Answer 1

You can import shapefiles into FusionTables using shpescape.com/ft.

Importing nuts_2010_03m_sh_data_nuts_rg_03m_2010.shp into FusionTables gives me this:

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If I merge that on the NUTS "id", I get this:

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