diff --git a/app/models/product_import/entry_validator.rb b/app/models/product_import/entry_validator.rb
index a759898e32..e08360113e 100644
--- a/app/models/product_import/entry_validator.rb
+++ b/app/models/product_import/entry_validator.rb
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ module ProductImport
         entry.public_send("#{type}_category_id=", index[category])
       else
         mark_as_invalid(entry, attribute: "#{type}_category",
-                               error: I18n.t('admin.product_import.model.not_found'))
+                               error: I18n.t('admin.product_import.model.category_not_found'))
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/app/models/product_import/spreadsheet_entry.rb b/app/models/product_import/spreadsheet_entry.rb
index 14759b6ea7..b64314ecc5 100644
--- a/app/models/product_import/spreadsheet_entry.rb
+++ b/app/models/product_import/spreadsheet_entry.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module ProductImport
 
     def invalid_attributes
       invalid_attrs = {}
-      errors = @product_validations ? self.errors.messages.merge(@product_validations.messages) : self.errors.messages
+      errors = @product_validations ? @product_validations.messages.merge(self.errors.messages) : self.errors.messages
       errors.each do |attr, message|
         invalid_attrs[attr.to_s] = "#{attr.to_s.capitalize} #{message.first}"
       end
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index fb1dea3834..9c38d6b867 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ en:
         conditional_blank: can't be blank if unit_type is blank
         no_product: did not match any products in the database
         not_found: not found in database
+        category_not_found: doesn't match allowed categories. See the correct categories to choose from on the product import page, or check that there's no misspelling.
         not_updatable: cannot be updated on existing products via product import
         blank: can't be blank
         products_no_permission: you do not have permission to manage products for this enterprise
diff --git a/spec/models/product_importer_spec.rb b/spec/models/product_importer_spec.rb
index 3c6915297e..3b415bf84a 100644
--- a/spec/models/product_importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/product_importer_spec.rb
@@ -272,6 +272,26 @@ describe ProductImport::ProductImporter do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "when shipping category is not found" do
+    let(:csv_data) {
+      CSV.generate do |csv|
+        csv << ["name", "producer", "category", "on_hand", "price", "units", "unit_type",
+                "variant_unit_name", "on_demand", "shipping_category"]
+        csv << ["Shipping Test", enterprise.name, "Vegetables", "5", "3.20", "500", "g", "", nil,
+                "not_found"]
+      end
+    }
+    let(:importer) { import_data csv_data }
+
+    it "raises an error" do
+      importer.validate_entries
+      entries = JSON.parse(importer.entries_json)
+      error = entries['2']['errors']['shipping_category']
+
+      expect(error).to include "Shipping_category doesn't match allowed categories"
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "when enterprises are not valid" do
     let(:csv_data) {
       CSV.generate do |csv|