diff --git a/app/Filament/Imports/ItemImporter.php b/app/Filament/Imports/ItemImporter.php
index d4a8b8b44..ae0577234 100644
--- a/app/Filament/Imports/ItemImporter.php
+++ b/app/Filament/Imports/ItemImporter.php
@@ -59,17 +59,19 @@ class ItemImporter extends Importer
     public function resolveRecord(): ?Item
     {
         $warnMsg = [];
+        $iCode = trim($this->data['code']);
+        $description = trim($this->data['description']);
         $plant = Plant::where('name', $this->data['plant'])->first();
         if (!$plant) {
             $warnMsg[] = "Plant not found"; // '" . $this->data['plant'] . "'
         }
-        if (Str::length($this->data['code']) < 6 || !ctype_alnum($this->data['code'])) {
+        if (Str::length($iCode) < 6 || !ctype_alnum($iCode)) {
             $warnMsg[] = "Invalid item code found";
         }
         // if (Str::length($this->data['uom']) <= 0) {
         //     $warnMsg[] = "Invalid unit of measure found";
         // }
-        if (Str::length($this->data['description']) < 5) {
+        if (Str::length($description) < 5) {
             $warnMsg[] = "Invalid description found";
         }
         if (Str::length($this->data['hourly_quantity']) < 0 || !is_numeric($this->data['hourly_quantity']) || $this->data['hourly_quantity'] <= 0) {
@@ -79,14 +81,14 @@ class ItemImporter extends Importer
             throw new RowImportFailedException(implode(', ', $warnMsg));
         }
         return Item::updateOrCreate([
-                'code' => $this->data['code'],
+                'code' => $iCode,
                 'plant_id' => $plant->id
             ],
             [
-                'category' => $this->data['category'],
-                'description' => $this->data['description'],
+                'category' => trim($this->data['category']),
+                'description' => $description,
                 'hourly_quantity' => $this->data['hourly_quantity'],
-                'uom' => $this->data['uom']
+                'uom' => trim($this->data['uom'])
             ]
         );
         // return new Item;