diff --git a/client-gui2 b/client-gui2
index 0a536189..0461f0f6 160000
--- a/client-gui2
+++ b/client-gui2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0a536189bbc017f9174cbc5d276828a84c16f2e0
+Subproject commit 0461f0f6021109bd0aa97426686b41f835a83a9d
diff --git a/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin b/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin
index adaa6b43..bd7a59ab 100644
Binary files a/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin and b/common/src/proto/descriptor.bin differ
diff --git a/server b/server
index 66ce2877..41a34de4 160000
--- a/server
+++ b/server
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 66ce2877296a032349140ad524c555edca457cd0
+Subproject commit 41a34de46f7c206e80f723167fef70789638c62a
diff --git a/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs b/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs
index b652b5b1..c122573b 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs
+++ b/web/src/pages/import_export/import/logic.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ impl Destination {
             .map(|column| column.name.clone())
             .collect()
     }
+
+    fn is_verification(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
+        self.columns
+            .iter()
+            .any(|column| column.name == name && column.verification)
+    }
+
+    fn writable_types(&self) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+        self.types
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|(name, _)| !self.is_verification(name))
+            .map(|(name, data_type)| (name.clone(), data_type.clone()))
+            .collect()
+    }
 }
 
 /// GET /admin/import
@@ -625,7 +639,8 @@ async fn prepared(
         read_mapping(locale, &chosen, &source).map_err(|message| reject(headers, message))?;
     let prepared_names = destination.prepared_names(&assignments);
     let mut prepared = prepare(&assignments, &source, &prepared_names);
-    normalize_dates(locale, &mut prepared, &destination.types, form.date_format)
+    let writable_types = destination.writable_types();
+    normalize_dates(locale, &mut prepared, &writable_types, form.date_format)
         .map_err(|message| reject(headers, message))?;
     Ok((destination, source, prepared))
 }
@@ -657,7 +672,8 @@ fn source_options(locale: Locale, source: &Source) -> Vec<SourceOption> {
 }
 
 /// One prepared row as the staged import takes it: values under their destination
-/// names, converted to the column's type.
+/// names. Writable values are converted to their column type; projection
+/// assertions retain the CSV cell's exact text.
 fn import_row(
     locale: Locale,
     destination: &Destination,
@@ -666,6 +682,21 @@ fn import_row(
 ) -> Result<TableDataImportRow, String> {
     let mut data = HashMap::new();
     for (index, column) in columns.iter().enumerate() {
+        let raw = row.get(index).map(String::as_str).unwrap_or_default();
+        if destination.is_verification(column) {
+            let kind = if raw.is_empty() {
+                prost_types::value::Kind::NullValue(prost_types::NullValue::NullValue as i32)
+            } else {
+                prost_types::value::Kind::StringValue(raw.to_string())
+            };
+            data.insert(
+                column.clone(),
+                prost_types::Value {
+                    kind: Some(kind),
+                },
+            );
+            continue;
+        }
         let data_type = destination.types.get(column).ok_or_else(|| {
             tr!(
                 locale,
@@ -673,11 +704,7 @@ fn import_row(
                 "column" => column.clone(),
             )
         })?;
-        let value = csv_value(
-            locale,
-            row.get(index).map(String::as_str).unwrap_or_default(),
-            data_type,
-        )?;
+        let value = csv_value(locale, raw, data_type)?;
         data.insert(column.clone(), value);
     }
     Ok(TableDataImportRow { data, link_display_columns: Vec::new() })
@@ -773,6 +800,9 @@ fn unavailable(headers: &HeaderMap, message: String) -> Response {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use prost_types::value::Kind;
+
+    use crate::pages::import_export::import::destination::DestinationKey;
 
     fn source() -> Source {
         read_source(
@@ -801,4 +831,48 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert!(options[3].label.contains('4'), "{}", options[3].label);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn projection_assertions_keep_exact_csv_text() {
+        let destination = Destination {
+            table_name: "orders".to_string(),
+            table_revision: 1,
+            columns: vec![
+                DestinationColumn {
+                    key: DestinationKey::Column(1),
+                    name: "projected_amount".to_string(),
+                    required: false,
+                    verification: true,
+                },
+                DestinationColumn {
+                    key: DestinationKey::Column(2),
+                    name: "ordinary_number".to_string(),
+                    required: false,
+                    verification: false,
+                },
+            ],
+            types: HashMap::from([
+                ("projected_amount".to_string(), "NUMERIC".to_string()),
+                ("ordinary_number".to_string(), "BIGINT".to_string()),
+            ]),
+        };
+
+        let row = import_row(
+            Locale::default(),
+            &destination,
+            &["projected_amount".to_string(), "ordinary_number".to_string()],
+            &["10.00".to_string(), "001".to_string()],
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            row.data["projected_amount"].kind,
+            Some(Kind::StringValue("10.00".to_string()))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            row.data["ordinary_number"].kind,
+            Some(Kind::NumberValue(1.0))
+        );
+        assert!(!destination.writable_types().contains_key("projected_amount"));
+    }
 }