diff --git a/app/Import/Transformer/BaseTransformer.php b/app/Import/Transformer/BaseTransformer.php
index 4d4ed1632b8e..437486b72dcf 100644
--- a/app/Import/Transformer/BaseTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Import/Transformer/BaseTransformer.php
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ class BaseTransformer
 
     }
 
+    public function getInvoiceTypeId($data, $field)
+    {
+        return isset($data[$field]) && $data[$field] ? (string)$data[$field] : '1';
+    }
+
     public function getNumber($data, $field)
     {
         return (isset($data->$field) && $data->$field) ? (int)$data->$field : 0;
diff --git a/app/Import/Transformer/Csv/InvoiceTransformer.php b/app/Import/Transformer/Csv/InvoiceTransformer.php
index ae9fb688d4be..07da5f3b4879 100644
--- a/app/Import/Transformer/Csv/InvoiceTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Import/Transformer/Csv/InvoiceTransformer.php
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ class InvoiceTransformer extends BaseTransformer
                     $record,
                     'item.custom_value4'
                 ),
-                'type_id' => '1', //$this->getInvoiceTypeId( $record, 'item.type_id' ),
+                'type_id' => $this->getInvoiceTypeId( $record, 'item.type_id' ),
             ];
         }
+
         $transformed['line_items'] = $line_items;
 
         return $transformed;