diff --git a/src/dump.zig b/src/dump.zig
index 6629d04..c0d9b62 100644
--- a/src/dump.zig
+++ b/src/dump.zig
@@ -320,3 +320,160 @@ pub fn exportJson(allocator: Allocator, table: *Table, path: []const u8) !usize
     return n;
 }
 
+pub fn importJsonContent(allocator: Allocator, table: *Table, content: []const u8) !usize {
+    var parsed = std.json.parseFromSlice(std.json.Value, allocator, content, .{}) catch return error.MalformedJson;
+    defer parsed.deinit();
+
+    const array = switch (parsed.value) {
+        .array => |a| a,
+        else => return error.MalformedJson,
+    };
+
+    var count: usize = 0;
+    for (array.items) |entry| {
+        const object = switch (entry) {
+            .object => |o| o,
+            else => return error.MalformedJson,
+        };
+
+        var pk: ?Value = null;
+        defer if (pk) |p| p.free(allocator);
+        var fields = std.ArrayList(Field).init(allocator);
+        defer {
+            for (fields.items) |f| f.value.free(allocator);
+            fields.deinit();
+        }
+
+        for (object.keys(), object.values()) |name, jv| {
+            const cell = switch (jv) {
+                .string => |s| s,
+                else => return error.MalformedJson,
+            };
+            const value = try decodeCell(allocator, cell);
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, pkField)) {
+                pk = value;
+            } else {
+                try fields.append(.{ .name = name, .value = value });
+            }
+        }
+        const pkValue = pk orelse return error.MissingPrimaryKey;
+        try table.put(pkValue, fields.items);
+        count += 1;
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+pub fn importJson(allocator: Allocator, table: *Table, path: []const u8) !usize {
+    const content = try std.fs.cwd().readFileAlloc(allocator, path, 1 << 30);
+    defer allocator.free(content);
+    return importJsonContent(allocator, table, content);
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------- tests ----
+
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+test "encodeCell decodeCell round trip every value tag" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+    const values = [_]Value{
+        .{ .none = {} },
+        .{ .boolean = true },
+        .{ .boolean = false },
+        .{ .int = -42 },
+        .{ .int = 0 },
+        .{ .float = 3.5 },
+        .{ .float = -0.001 },
+        .{ .text = "hello, \"world\"\n" },
+        .{ .text = "" },
+        .{ .bytes = &.{ 0, 1, 2, 255 } },
+    };
+    for (values) |v| {
+        const cell = try encodeCell(allocator, v);
+        defer allocator.free(cell);
+        const decoded = try decodeCell(allocator, cell);
+        defer decoded.free(allocator);
+        try testing.expectEqual(@as(rowmod.ValueTag, v), @as(rowmod.ValueTag, decoded));
+        try testing.expect(Value.eql(v, decoded));
+    }
+}
+
+test "decodeCell rejects malformed cells" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+    try testing.expectError(error.InvalidCell, decodeCell(allocator, ""));
+    try testing.expectError(error.InvalidCell, decodeCell(allocator, "x"));
+    try testing.expectError(error.InvalidCell, decodeCell(allocator, "q:1"));
+    try testing.expectError(error.InvalidCell, decodeCell(allocator, "i:notanumber"));
+    try testing.expectError(error.InvalidCell, decodeCell(allocator, "b:maybe"));
+    try testing.expectError(error.InvalidCell, decodeCell(allocator, "x:abc"));
+    try testing.expectError(error.InvalidCell, decodeCell(allocator, "x:zz"));
+}
+
+fn openTemp(tmp: *std.testing.TmpDir, allocator: Allocator) !Db {
+    const dbPath = try tmp.dir.realpathAlloc(allocator, ".");
+    defer allocator.free(dbPath);
+    return Db.open(allocator, dbPath, .{});
+}
+
+fn seedTable(table: *Table) !void {
+    try table.put(.{ .int = 1 }, &.{
+        .{ .name = "city", .value = .{ .text = "warsaw" } },
+        .{ .name = "age", .value = .{ .int = 30 } },
+        .{ .name = "active", .value = .{ .boolean = true } },
+    });
+    try table.put(.{ .int = 2 }, &.{
+        .{ .name = "city", .value = .{ .text = "krakow, poland \"old town\"\nsecond line" } },
+        .{ .name = "score", .value = .{ .float = -12.5 } },
+    });
+    try table.put(.{ .int = 3 }, &.{});
+}
+
+fn expectRoundTripped(table: *Table) !void {
+    var r1 = (try table.get(.{ .int = 1 })).?;
+    defer r1.deinit();
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("warsaw", r1.get("city").?.text);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(i64, 30), r1.get("age").?.int);
+    try testing.expectEqual(true, r1.get("active").?.boolean);
+
+    var r2 = (try table.get(.{ .int = 2 })).?;
+    defer r2.deinit();
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("krakow, poland \"old town\"\nsecond line", r2.get("city").?.text);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(f64, -12.5), r2.get("score").?.float);
+    try testing.expect(r2.get("age") == null);
+
+    // Row 3 was put with zero extra fields, so its only field is the
+    // primary key itself (`put` always stores that under `pkField`).
+    var r3 = (try table.get(.{ .int = 3 })).?;
+    defer r3.deinit();
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), r3.count());
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(i64, 3), r3.get(pkField).?.int);
+}
+
+test "csv export then import round trips every row and field exactly" {
+    const allocator = testing.allocator;
+    var tmp = std.testing.tmpDir(.{});
+    defer tmp.cleanup();
+    var db = try openTemp(&tmp, allocator);
+    defer db.close();
+
+    var table = try Table.open(&db, allocator, "people");
+    defer table.deinit();
+    try seedTable(&table);
+
+    var buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    defer buf.deinit();
+    const exported = try exportCsvWriter(allocator, &table, buf.writer());
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 3), exported);
+
+    var dstTmp = std.testing.tmpDir(.{});
+    defer dstTmp.cleanup();
+    var dstDb = try openTemp(&dstTmp, allocator);
+    defer dstDb.close();
+    var dstTable = try Table.open(&dstDb, allocator, "people");
+    defer dstTable.deinit();
+
+    const imported = try importCsvContent(allocator, &dstTable, buf.items);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 3), imported);
+
+    try expectRoundTripped(&dstTable);
+}
+