diff --git a/app/models/product_importer.rb b/app/models/product_importer.rb
index 7c2bf28208..c3e6a1ad71 100644
--- a/app/models/product_importer.rb
+++ b/app/models/product_importer.rb
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class ProductImporter
         inventory_validation(entry)
       else
         category_validation(entry)
+        tax_and_shipping_validation(entry)
         product_validation(entry)
       end
     end
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ class ProductImporter
     end
     build_categories_index
     build_suppliers_index
+    build_tax_and_shipping_indexes
     build_producers_index if importing_into_inventory?
     #validate_all
     count_existing_items unless @import_settings.has_key?(:start)
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ class ProductImporter
         inventory_validation(entry)
       else
         category_validation(entry)
+        tax_and_shipping_validation(entry)
         product_validation(entry)
       end
     end
@@ -420,6 +423,29 @@ class ProductImporter
     end
   end
 
+  def tax_and_shipping_validation(entry)
+    tax_validation(entry)
+    shipping_validation(entry)
+  end
+
+  def tax_validation(entry)
+    return unless entry.tax_category.present?
+    if @tax_index.has_key? entry.tax_category
+      entry.tax_category_id = @tax_index[entry.tax_category]
+    else
+      mark_as_invalid(entry, attribute: "tax_category", error: "#{I18n.t('admin.product_import.model.not_found')}")
+    end
+  end
+
+  def shipping_validation(entry)
+    return unless entry.shipping_category.present?
+    if @shipping_index.has_key? entry.shipping_category
+      entry.shipping_category_id = @shipping_index[entry.shipping_category]
+    else
+      mark_as_invalid(entry, attribute: "shipping_category", error: "#{I18n.t('admin.product_import.model.not_found')}")
+    end
+  end
+
   def category_exists?(category_name)
     @categories_index[category_name]
   end
@@ -464,6 +490,13 @@ class ProductImporter
     @categories_index
   end
 
+  def build_tax_and_shipping_indexes
+    @tax_index = {}
+    @shipping_index = {}
+    Spree::TaxCategory.select([:id, :name]).map {|tc| @tax_index[tc.name] = tc.id }
+    Spree::ShippingCategory.select([:id, :name]).map {|sc| @shipping_index[sc.name] = sc.id }
+  end
+
   def save_all_valid
     @entries.each do |entry|
       if importing_into_inventory?
diff --git a/app/models/spreadsheet_entry.rb b/app/models/spreadsheet_entry.rb
index ad7a496cea..dd4ffcf46a 100644
--- a/app/models/spreadsheet_entry.rb
+++ b/app/models/spreadsheet_entry.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class SpreadsheetEntry
   attr_reader :validates_as
 
   attr_accessor :line_number, :valid, :product_object, :product_validations, :on_hand_nil,
-                :has_overrides, :units, :unscaled_units, :unit_type
+                :has_overrides, :units, :unscaled_units, :unit_type, :tax_category, :shipping_category
 
   attr_accessor :id, :product_id, :producer, :producer_id, :supplier, :supplier_id, :name, :display_name, :sku,
                 :unit_value, :unit_description, :variant_unit, :variant_unit_scale, :variant_unit_name,
@@ -153,6 +153,6 @@ class SpreadsheetEntry
   end
 
   def non_product_attributes
-    ['line_number', 'valid', 'errors', 'product_object', 'product_validations', 'inventory_validations', 'validates_as', 'save_type', 'on_hand_nil', 'has_overrides']
+    ['line_number', 'valid', 'errors', 'product_object', 'product_validations', 'inventory_validations', 'validates_as', 'save_type', 'on_hand_nil', 'has_overrides', 'tax_category,' 'shipping_category']
   end
 end