diff --git a/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php b/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php
index 3745ca4b3..0d9b382a3 100644
--- a/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php
+++ b/src/importer/class-tainacan-csv.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Tainacan\Importer;
 use Tainacan;
+use Tainacan\Entities;
 
 class CSV extends Importer {
 
@@ -577,4 +578,113 @@ class CSV extends Importer {
             $this->add_transient( 'item_action',$this->get_option('repeated_item') );
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * insert processed item from source to Tainacan
+     *
+     * @param array $processed_item Associative array with metadatum source's as index with
+     *                              its value or values
+     * @param integet $collection_index The index in the $this->collections array of the collection the item is beeing inserted into
+     * 
+     * @return Tainacan\Entities\Item Item inserted
+     */
+    public function insert( $processed_item, $collection_index ) {
+		
+		remove_action( 'post_updated', 'wp_save_post_revision' );
+		$collections = $this->get_collections();
+		$collection_definition = isset($collections[$collection_index]) ? $collections[$collection_index] : false;
+		if ( !$collection_definition || !is_array($collection_definition) || !isset($collection_definition['id']) || !isset($collection_definition['mapping']) ) {
+			$this->add_error_log('Collection misconfigured');
+            return false;
+		}
+		
+		$collection = \Tainacan\Repositories\Collections::get_instance()->fetch($collection_definition['id']);
+		
+		$Tainacan_Metadata = \Tainacan\Repositories\Metadata::get_instance();
+        $Tainacan_Item_Metadata = \Tainacan\Repositories\Item_Metadata::get_instance();
+		$Tainacan_Items = \Tainacan\Repositories\Items::get_instance();
+		
+		$Tainacan_Items->disable_logs();
+		$Tainacan_Metadata->disable_logs();
+		$Tainacan_Item_Metadata->disable_logs();
+
+        $item = new Entities\Item( ( $this->get_transient('item_id') ) ? $this->get_transient('item_id') : 0 );
+		$itemMetadataArray = [];
+		
+        if( is_array( $processed_item ) ){
+            foreach ( $processed_item as $metadatum_source => $values ){
+                $tainacan_metadatum_id = array_search( $metadatum_source, $collection_definition['mapping'] );
+                $metadatum = $Tainacan_Metadata->fetch( $tainacan_metadatum_id );
+
+                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' ){
+
+                        // TODO: explode hierarchy values
+
+                        $singleItemMetadata->set_value( $values );     
+                    } else {
+                        $singleItemMetadata->set_value( $values );   
+                    }
+
+                    $itemMetadataArray[] = $singleItemMetadata;
+                } else {
+					$this->add_error_log('Metadata ' . $metadatum_source . ' not found');
+				}
+
+            }
+        }
+		
+        if( !empty( $itemMetadataArray ) && $collection instanceof Entities\Collection ){
+			$item->set_collection( $collection );
+
+            if( $item->validate() ){
+				$insertedItem = $Tainacan_Items->insert( $item );
+            } else {
+                $this->add_error_log( 'Error inserting item' );
+                $this->add_error_log( $item->get_errors() );
+                return false;
+            }
+			
+            foreach ( $itemMetadataArray as $itemMetadata ) {
+                $itemMetadata->set_item( $insertedItem );  // *I told you
+
+                if( $itemMetadata->validate() ){
+					$result = $Tainacan_Item_Metadata->insert( $itemMetadata );
+                } else {
+                    $this->add_error_log('Error saving value for ' . $itemMetadata->get_metadatum()->get_name());
+                    $this->add_error_log($itemMetadata->get_errors());
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                //if( $result ){
+                //	$values = ( is_array( $itemMetadata->get_value() ) ) ? implode( PHP_EOL, $itemMetadata->get_value() ) : $itemMetadata->get_value();
+                //    $this->add_log( 'Item ' . $insertedItem->get_id() .
+                //        ' has inserted the values: ' . $values . ' on metadata: ' . $itemMetadata->get_metadatum()->get_name() );
+                //} else {
+                //    $this->add_error_log( 'Item ' . $insertedItem->get_id() . ' has an error' );
+                //}
+			}
+			
+			$insertedItem->set_status('publish' );
+			
+            if($insertedItem->validate()) {
+				$insertedItem = $Tainacan_Items->update( $insertedItem );
+
+				$this->after_inserted_item(  $insertedItem, $collection_index );
+            } else {
+	            $this->add_error_log( 'Error publishing Item'  ); 
+	            $this->add_error_log( $insertedItem->get_errors() ); 
+	            return false;
+			}
+			
+            return $insertedItem;
+			
+        } else {
+            $this->add_error_log(  'Collection not set');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test-importer.php b/tests/test-importer.php
index f8afe8c27..3be9a5254 100644
--- a/tests/test-importer.php
+++ b/tests/test-importer.php
@@ -328,7 +328,28 @@ class ImporterTests extends TAINACAN_UnitTestCase {
 				'multiple'    => 'no'
 			),
 			true
-		);
+        );
+        
+        $taxonomy = $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+		    'taxonomy',
+		    array(
+			    'name' => 'genero',
+		    ),
+		    true
+        );
+        
+        $this->tainacan_entity_factory->create_entity(
+		    'metadatum',
+		    array(
+			    'name'              => 'metadatum son',
+                'collection_id'     => $collection->get_id(),
+                'metadata_type_options' => ['taxonomy_id' => $taxonomy->get_id(), 'allow_new_terms' => true ],
+			    'metadata_type'  => 'Tainacan\Metadata_Types\Taxonomy',
+			    'status'            => 'publish'
+		    ),
+		    true
+	    );
+
 		
 		$collection_definition = [
 			'id' => $collection->get_id(),