diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.hs
index 9598b3725..b5142a0ec 100755
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.hs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ importcmd opts@CliOpts{rawopts_=rawopts,inputopts_=iopts} j = do
     inputstr = intercalate ", " $ map quoteIfNeeded inputfiles
     catchup = boolopt "catchup" rawopts
     dryrun = boolopt "dry-run" rawopts
-    iopts' = iopts{new_=True, new_save_=not dryrun}
+    iopts' = iopts{new_=True, new_save_=not dryrun, commoditystyles_=Just $ journalCommodityStyles j}
   case inputfiles of
     [] -> error' "please provide one or more input files as arguments"  -- PARTIAL:
     fs -> do
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md
index 56572405d..4a8efe762 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Import.md
@@ -37,3 +37,8 @@ $ hledger print IMPORTFILE [--new] >> $LEDGER_FILE
 
 (If you think import should leave amounts implicit like print does,
 please test it and send a pull request.)
+
+### Commodity display styles
+
+Imported amounts will be formatted according to the canonical [commodity styles](journal.html#commodity-display-style)
+(declared or inferred) in the main journal file.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/import/a.csv b/tests/import/a.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78e55fdc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/import/a.csv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2020-01-01,"1.000.000,00"
diff --git a/tests/import/a.csv.rules b/tests/import/a.csv.rules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12f56b793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/import/a.csv.rules
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+fields date,amount
+decimal-mark ,
diff --git a/tests/import/a.j b/tests/import/a.j
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6edef3754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/import/a.j
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+2020-01-01
+  (a)   €1.00
diff --git a/tests/import/import.test b/tests/import/import.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee4e68d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/import/import.test
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# import applies the receiving journal's commodity styles to imported amounts
+$ hledger -f a.j import --dry-run a.csv
+; would import 1 new transactions from a.csv:
+
+2020-01-01
+    expenses:unknown     1.000.000,00
+    income:unknown      -1.000.000,00
+
+>=