diff --git a/src/cli/commands/export.ts b/src/cli/commands/export.ts
index 5750129..0dea6b0 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/export.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/export.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { stream } from 'fast-glob'
 import { promises as fs, existsSync } from 'fs'
-import {resolve, dirname, join, relative} from 'path'
+import { dirname, join, relative, extname} from 'path'
 import unixify from 'unixify'
 import { getVueMessages, mergeFtl } from '../..'
 
@@ -14,24 +14,34 @@ const log = console.log.bind(console)
 
 export const run = async (flags: Options) => {
   let count = 0
-  for await (const file of stream(unixify(flags.inDir) + '/**', {ignore: ['**/node_modules']})) {
+  for await (const file of stream(unixify(flags.inDir) + '/**', {ignore: ['**/node_modules', unixify(flags.outDir)]})) {
     count ++
     const data = await fs.readFile(file)
+    const isVueFile = extname(file.toString()) === '.vue'
+    const isFtlFile = extname(file.toString()) === '.ftl'
+    if(isVueFile) {
+      const vueMessages = getVueMessages(data.toString())
+      for (const { locale, source, messages } of vueMessages) {
+        const outputPath = join(flags.outDir, locale, relative(flags.inDir, `${file}.ftl`))
+        await fs.mkdir(dirname(outputPath), { recursive: true })
+        if (flags.clean || !existsSync(outputPath)) {
+          await fs.writeFile(outputPath, source)
+        } else {
+          const existingFtlData = await fs.readFile(outputPath)
 
-    const vueMessages = getVueMessages(data.toString())
-    for (const { locale, source, messages } of vueMessages) {
-      const outputPath = join(flags.outDir, locale, relative(flags.inDir, `${file}.ftl`))
-      await fs.mkdir(dirname(outputPath), { recursive: true })
-      if (flags.clean || !existsSync(outputPath)) {
-        await fs.writeFile(outputPath, source)
-      } else {
-        const existingFtlData = await fs.readFile(outputPath)
-
-        const newData = mergeFtl(existingFtlData.toString(), messages)
+          const newData = mergeFtl(existingFtlData.toString(), messages)
 
-        await fs.writeFile(outputPath, newData)
+          await fs.writeFile(outputPath, newData)
+        }
       }
     }
+    else if(isFtlFile) {
+      const fileData = file.toString().split('.')
+      const locale = fileData[fileData.length - 2]
+      const outputPath = join(flags.outDir, locale, relative(flags.inDir, `${file}`))
+      await fs.mkdir(dirname(outputPath), { recursive: true })
+      await fs.copyFile(file, outputPath)
+    }
   }
 
   log(`Extracted messages from ${count} files`)
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/import.ts b/src/cli/commands/import.ts
index d2fcfeb..193f499 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/import.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/import.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { stream } from 'fast-glob'
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
-import { resolve, dirname, basename, extname, sep, relative, join } from 'path'
+import { dirname, basename, extname, sep, relative, join } from 'path'
 import unixify from 'unixify'
-import { getFtlMessages, mergeVue } from '../..'
+import {getFtlMessages, mergeFtl, mergeVue} from '../..'
 
 interface Options {
   outDir: string,
@@ -17,20 +17,34 @@ export const run = async (flags: Options) => {
     count ++
     const fileString = file.toString()
     const fileDirName= dirname(file.toString())
-
     const vueComponentName = basename(fileString).replace(extname(fileString), '')
     const outputPath = join(relative(flags.inDir, fileDirName), vueComponentName)
     const [locale, ...rest] = outputPath.split(sep)
     const realOutputPath = join(flags.outDir, rest.join(sep))
 
-    const vueFile = await fs.readFile(realOutputPath)
     const data = await fs.readFile(file)
     const ftlMessages = getFtlMessages(data.toString())
-    const newData = mergeVue(vueFile.toString(), locale, ftlMessages)
 
-    await fs.writeFile(realOutputPath, newData)
+    if(checkExistingFtlFile(file.toString())) {
+      const existingFtlData = await fs.readFile(realOutputPath + '.ftl')
+      const newData = mergeFtl(existingFtlData.toString(), ftlMessages)
+
+      await fs.writeFile(realOutputPath + '.ftl', newData)
+    }
+    else {
+      const vueFile = await fs.readFile(realOutputPath)
+      const newData = mergeVue(vueFile.toString(), locale, ftlMessages)
+
+      await fs.writeFile(realOutputPath, newData)
+    }
   }
 
   log(`Imported messages to ${count} files`)
 }
 
+const checkExistingFtlFile = (file: string):boolean => {
+  const fileData = file.split('.')
+  const locale = fileData[fileData.length - 2]
+  return extname(file) === '.ftl' && locale !== 'vue'
+}
+
diff --git a/src/cli/index.ts b/src/cli/index.ts
index a5651ce..3d4c350 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import { run as runImport } from './commands/import'
 const cli = cac('fluent-vue')
 
 cli
-  .command('export', 'Exports translation from Vue.js SFC files into ftl files.')
+  .command('export', 'Exports translation from Vue.js SFC files into ftl files and copy existing ftl files.')
   .option('--in-dir', 'Input directory with vue files', { default: 'example/' })
   .option('--out-dir', 'Output directory for extracted ftl files', { default: 'translations/' })
   .option('--clean', 'Whether to clean output directory', { default: true })
   .action(runExport)
 
 cli
-  .command('import', 'Import translation from ftl files into Vue.js SFC')
+  .command('import', 'Import translation from ftl files into Vue.js SFC and merge existing ftl files.')
   .option('--in-dir', 'Input directory with ftl files', { default: 'translations/' })
   .option('--out-dir', 'Output directory for extracted vue files', { default: 'example/' })
   .action(runImport)