diff --git a/Tests/Integration/Job/ImportTest.php b/Tests/Integration/Job/ImportTest.php
index a7d8302..e0e23f1 100644
--- a/Tests/Integration/Job/ImportTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Integration/Job/ImportTest.php
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ public function testImportCanUpdateProducts()
         $thirdSku = $cursor->current();
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(ProductInterface::class, $thirdSku);
-        $this->assertCount(2, $thirdSku->getValue('my_text_collection', 'en_US')->getData());
+        $this->assertCount(0, $thirdSku->getValue('my_text_collection', 'en_US')->getData());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ArrayConverter/FlatToStandard/Product/ValueConverter/TextCollectionConverter.php b/src/ArrayConverter/FlatToStandard/Product/ValueConverter/TextCollectionConverter.php
index 3e2fe51..c5157d3 100644
--- a/src/ArrayConverter/FlatToStandard/Product/ValueConverter/TextCollectionConverter.php
+++ b/src/ArrayConverter/FlatToStandard/Product/ValueConverter/TextCollectionConverter.php
@@ -57,15 +57,21 @@ public function supportsField($attributeType)
      */
     public function convert(array $attributeFieldInfo, $value)
     {
-        if ('' === trim($value)) {
-            return [];
+        $trimmedValue = trim($value);
+        if ('' === $trimmedValue) {
+            $data = [];
+        } else {
+            $data = array_map(
+                'trim',
+                explode(TextCollectionType::FLAT_SEPARATOR, $trimmedValue)
+            );
         }
 
         return [
             $attributeFieldInfo['attribute']->getCode() => [[
                 'locale' => $attributeFieldInfo['locale_code'],
                 'scope'  => $attributeFieldInfo['scope_code'],
-                'data'   => explode(TextCollectionType::FLAT_SEPARATOR, $value),
+                'data'   => $data,
             ]],
         ];
     }