Title: Import does not work correctly
Last modified: October 31, 2016

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# Import does not work correctly

 *  Resolved [Blamedutchie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blamedutchie/)
 * (@blamedutchie)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-does-not-work-correctly/)
 * Export (only external products) seems to work as expected, apart from apostrophes
   showing up in the CSV as ´.
 * The import however, is a total mess:
 * I exported 17 products, after import I have 80 products.
    Please advice.

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 *  Thread Starter [Blamedutchie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blamedutchie/)
 * (@blamedutchie)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-does-not-work-correctly/#post-8376011)
 * Each product has been imported 5 times, and for every product that has a gallery
   the items in the gallery get imported as products as well.
 * Now, I know that installing a 1.0 version is never a good idea, but … this is
   really weird.
 *  Plugin Contributor [vjinfotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vjinfotech/)
 * (@vjinfotech)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-does-not-work-correctly/#post-8408714)
 * Hi,
 * product duplication work based on sku field.
 * so if your sku field is empty then product may be duplicate multiple times.
 * thanks and have a nice day
 *  Thread Starter [Blamedutchie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blamedutchie/)
 * (@blamedutchie)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-does-not-work-correctly/#post-8408850)
 * Oh, is this an error or is it by design?
 *  Plugin Contributor [vjinfotech](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vjinfotech/)
 * (@vjinfotech)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-does-not-work-correctly/#post-8409091)
 * it is by design because id not reliable because id may be different in different
   website. but sku is same in all website. so sku is reliable for finding duplicate
   product.
 * if sku is not found then product unique identity not found. so duplicate products
   created.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-does-not-work-correctly/#post-8409091)
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