Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/xml/PropInfo.java
===================================================================
--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/xml/PropInfo.java	(revision 1618536)
+++ oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/spi/xml/PropInfo.java	(working copy)
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     public int getTargetType(PropertyDefinition def) {
         int target = def.getRequiredType();
         if (target != PropertyType.UNDEFINED) {
-            return type;
+            return target;
         } else if (type != PropertyType.UNDEFINED) {
             return type;
         } else {
Index: oak-jcr/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/jcr/RepositoryTest.java
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--- oak-jcr/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/jcr/RepositoryTest.java	(revision 1618536)
+++ oak-jcr/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/jcr/RepositoryTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeType;
 import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeManager;
 import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeTemplate;
+import javax.jcr.nodetype.PropertyDefinitionTemplate;
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.JcrConstants;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.JackrabbitNode;
@@ -2059,6 +2060,35 @@
         session.logout();
     }
 
+    @Test // OAK-
+    public void importWithRegisteredType() throws Exception {
+        Session session = getAdminSession();
+        NodeTypeManager ntMgr = getAdminSession().getWorkspace().getNodeTypeManager();
+        NodeTypeTemplate ntd = ntMgr.createNodeTypeTemplate();
+        ntd.setName("foo");
+        PropertyDefinitionTemplate propDefTemplate = 
+        		ntMgr.createPropertyDefinitionTemplate();
+        propDefTemplate.setName("fooProp");
+        propDefTemplate.setRequiredType(PropertyType.STRING);
+        ntd.getPropertyDefinitionTemplates().add(propDefTemplate);
+        ntMgr.registerNodeType(ntd, false);
+
+        Node node = session.getRootNode().addNode("node", "foo");
+        node.setProperty("fooProp", "1");
+        session.save();
+        
+        String uuid = node.getIdentifier();
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        session.exportDocumentView("/node", out, true, false);
+        node.remove();
+        session.save();
+        session.getWorkspace().importXML("/", new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()),
+                ImportUUIDBehavior.IMPORT_UUID_CREATE_NEW);
+        session.save();
+        node = session.getNode("/node");
+        assertTrue(uuid.equals(node.getIdentifier()));
+    }
+    
     //------------------------------------------------------------< private >---
 
     private Node getNode(String path) throws RepositoryException {