diff --git a/ccm-cms-types-article/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ArticleInitializer.java b/ccm-cms-types-article/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ArticleInitializer.java
index 155a0e7a9..c6ac6117d 100755
--- a/ccm-cms-types-article/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ArticleInitializer.java
+++ b/ccm-cms-types-article/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ArticleInitializer.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.libreccm.export.ExportManager;
 
 /**
  * Executes at each system startup and initializes the Article content type.
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ public class ArticleInitializer extends ContentTypeInitializer {
      */
      public ArticleInitializer() {
         super("ccm-cms-types-article.pdl.mf", Article.BASE_DATA_OBJECT_TYPE);
+        
+         ExportManager.getInstance().registerExporter(new ArticlesExporter());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/ccm-cms-types-article/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ArticlesExporter.java b/ccm-cms-types-article/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ArticlesExporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..805398a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ccm-cms-types-article/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/ArticlesExporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes;
+
+import com.arsdigita.cms.ItemCollection;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import org.librecms.contentsection.AbstractContentItemsExporter;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jens.pelzetter@googlemail.com">Jens Pelzetter</a>
+ */
+public class ArticlesExporter extends AbstractContentItemsExporter<Article> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void exportContentItemProperties(
+        final Article contentItem, final JsonGenerator jsonGenerator)
+        throws IOException {
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Map<String, Map<Locale, String>> collectLocalizedValues(
+        final ItemCollection instances) {
+
+        final Map<Locale, String> leadPropertyValues = new HashMap<>();
+        final Map<Locale, String> textPropertyValues = new HashMap<>();
+
+        while (instances.next()) {
+
+            final Article article = (Article) instances.getContentItem();
+            final String lang = article.getLanguage();
+            final Locale locale = new Locale(lang);
+            final String lead = article.getLead();
+            final String text;
+            if (article.getTextAsset() == null) {
+                text = "";
+            } else {
+                text = article.getTextAsset().getText();
+            }
+
+            leadPropertyValues.put(locale, lead);
+            textPropertyValues.put(locale, text);
+        }
+
+        instances.rewind();
+
+        final Map<String, Map<Locale, String>> properties = new HashMap<>();
+        properties.put("description", leadPropertyValues);
+        properties.put("text", textPropertyValues);
+
+        return properties;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class<Article> exportsType() {
+        return Article.class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String exportsBaseDataObjectType() {
+        return Article.BASE_DATA_OBJECT_TYPE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String convertsToType() {
+        return "org.librecms.contenttypes.Article";
+    }
+
+}