diff --git a/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js b/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js
index f02869c2f5a..6ca249260e2 100644
--- a/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js
+++ b/assets/js/admin/settings-views-html-settings-tax.js
@@ -34,18 +34,7 @@
 
 	jQuery('.wc_tax_rates .export').click(function() {
 
-		var csv_data = "data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,<?php echo esc_js( implode( ',', array(
-		__( 'Country Code', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'State Code', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'ZIP/Postcode', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'City', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'Rate %', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'Tax Name', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'Priority', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'Compound', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'Shipping', 'woocommerce' ),
-			__( 'Tax Class', 'woocommerce' ),
-		) ) ); ?>\n";
+		var csv_data = 'data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,' + data.strings.csv_data_cols.join(',') + '\n';
 
 		jQuery('#rates tr:visible').each(function() {
 			var row = '';
diff --git a/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php b/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php
index 8e9b689b0a6..77d598a94f7 100644
--- a/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php
+++ b/includes/admin/settings/views/html-settings-tax.php
@@ -26,8 +26,20 @@ wp_localize_script( 'wc-settings-tax', 'htmlSettingsTaxLocalizeScript', array(
 	'page'          => $page,
 	'limit'         => $limit,
 	'strings'       => array(
-
+		'csv_data_cols' => array(
+			__( 'Country Code', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'State Code', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'ZIP/Postcode', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'City', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'Rate %', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'Tax Name', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'Priority', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'Compound', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'Shipping', 'woocommerce' ),
+			__( 'Tax Class', 'woocommerce' ),
+		),
 	),
+
 ) );
 wp_enqueue_script( 'wc-settings-tax' );