diff --git a/includes/import/abstract-wc-product-importer.php b/includes/import/abstract-wc-product-importer.php
index 640e7c533b3..84df5bda2c1 100644
--- a/includes/import/abstract-wc-product-importer.php
+++ b/includes/import/abstract-wc-product-importer.php
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ abstract class WC_Product_Importer implements WC_Importer_Interface {
 	 */
 	protected $parsed_data = array();
 
+	/**
+	 * Start time of current import.
+	 *
+	 * (default value: 0)
+	 *
+	 * @var int
+	 * @access protected
+	 */
+	protected $start_time = 0;
+
 	/**
 	 * Get file raw headers.
 	 *
diff --git a/includes/import/class-wc-product-csv-importer.php b/includes/import/class-wc-product-csv-importer.php
index ee331caa96b..a5200dd8a79 100644
--- a/includes/import/class-wc-product-csv-importer.php
+++ b/includes/import/class-wc-product-csv-importer.php
@@ -637,8 +637,9 @@ class WC_Product_CSV_Importer extends WC_Product_Importer {
 	 * @return array
 	 */
 	public function import() {
-		$index = 0;
-		$data  = array(
+		$this->start_time = time();
+		$index            = 0;
+		$data             = array(
 			'imported'  => array(),
 			'failed'    => array(),
 			'updated'   => array(),