diff --git a/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php b/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php
index c6121a120..975338700 100644
--- a/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php
+++ b/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ class CSV extends Importer {
                 $tainacan_metadatum_id = array_search( $metadatum_source, $collection_definition['mapping'] );
                 $metadatum = $Tainacan_Metadata->fetch( $tainacan_metadatum_id );
 
+                if( $this->is_empty_value( $values ) ) continue;
+
                 if( $metadatum instanceof Entities\Metadatum ) {
                     $singleItemMetadata = new Entities\Item_Metadata_Entity( $item, $metadatum); // *empty item will be replaced by inserted in the next foreach
                     if( $metadatum->get_metadata_type() == 'Tainacan\Metadata_Types\Taxonomy' ) {
@@ -648,7 +650,19 @@ class CSV extends Importer {
             return false;
         }
     }
-    
+
+    /**
+     * @param $value
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function is_empty_value( $value ){
+        if( is_array( $value ) ){
+            return ( empty( array_filter( $value ) ) );
+        } else {
+            return ( trim( $value ) === '' );
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param $metadatum the metadata
      * @param $values the categories names