# .csv exports issue

**URL:** <https://support.primero.org/forum/t/csv-exports-issue/599>\
**Category:** GBVIMS\
**Tags:** v2-0\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/csv-exports-issue/599 "2022-08-17T10:31:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jack.miszencin](https://support.primero.org/forum/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@jack.miszencin](https://support.primero.org/forum/u/jack.miszencin)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/csv-exports-issue/599/2 "2022-08-17T14:50:50Z")

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This has come up before. This isn’t an issue with Primero, but rather with how Excel renders Arabic characters in CSV files. You’ll need to enforce UTF-8 encoding on the file in Excel. See this post, where the issue was addressed previously: [Export CSV does not format data](https://support.primero.org/forum/t/export-csv-does-not-format-data/471)

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