diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 31f62ba01..3296c29e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "lodash.throttle": "4.0.1",
     "minilog": "3.1.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
+    "papaparse": "4.6.2",
     "postcss-import": "^12.0.0",
     "postcss-loader": "^3.0.0",
     "postcss-simple-vars": "^5.0.1",
diff --git a/src/components/monitor/monitor.jsx b/src/components/monitor/monitor.jsx
index 7e6156ff0..221343275 100644
--- a/src/components/monitor/monitor.jsx
+++ b/src/components/monitor/monitor.jsx
@@ -54,35 +54,52 @@ const MonitorComponent = props => (
                 })}
             </Box>
         </Draggable>
-        {props.mode === 'list' ? null : ReactDOM.createPortal((
+        {ReactDOM.createPortal((
             // Use a portal to render the context menu outside the flow to avoid
             // positioning conflicts between the monitors `transform: scale` and
             // the context menus `position: fixed`. For more details, see
             // http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2011/09/12/un-fixing-fixed-elements-with-css-transforms/
             <ContextMenu id={`monitor-${props.label}`}>
-                <MenuItem onClick={props.onSetModeToDefault}>
-                    <FormattedMessage
-                        defaultMessage="normal readout"
-                        description="Menu item to switch to the default monitor"
-                        id="gui.monitor.contextMenu.default"
-                    />
-                </MenuItem>
-                <MenuItem onClick={props.onSetModeToLarge}>
-                    <FormattedMessage
-                        defaultMessage="large readout"
-                        description="Menu item to switch to the large monitor"
-                        id="gui.monitor.contextMenu.large"
-                    />
-                </MenuItem>
-                {props.onSetModeToSlider ? (
+                {props.onSetModeToDefault &&
+                    <MenuItem onClick={props.onSetModeToDefault}>
+                        <FormattedMessage
+                            defaultMessage="normal readout"
+                            description="Menu item to switch to the default monitor"
+                            id="gui.monitor.contextMenu.default"
+                        />
+                    </MenuItem>}
+                {props.onSetModeToLarge &&
+                    <MenuItem onClick={props.onSetModeToLarge}>
+                        <FormattedMessage
+                            defaultMessage="large readout"
+                            description="Menu item to switch to the large monitor"
+                            id="gui.monitor.contextMenu.large"
+                        />
+                    </MenuItem>}
+                {props.onSetModeToSlider &&
                     <MenuItem onClick={props.onSetModeToSlider}>
                         <FormattedMessage
                             defaultMessage="slider"
                             description="Menu item to switch to the slider monitor"
                             id="gui.monitor.contextMenu.slider"
                         />
-                    </MenuItem>
-                ) : null}
+                    </MenuItem>}
+                {props.onImport &&
+                    <MenuItem onClick={props.onImport}>
+                        <FormattedMessage
+                            defaultMessage="import"
+                            description="Menu item to import into list monitors"
+                            id="gui.monitor.contextMenu.import"
+                        />
+                    </MenuItem>}
+                {props.onExport &&
+                    <MenuItem onClick={props.onExport}>
+                        <FormattedMessage
+                            defaultMessage="export"
+                            description="Menu item to export from list monitors"
+                            id="gui.monitor.contextMenu.export"
+                        />
+                    </MenuItem>}
             </ContextMenu>
         ), document.body)}
     </ContextMenuTrigger>
@@ -100,9 +117,11 @@ MonitorComponent.propTypes = {
     label: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     mode: PropTypes.oneOf(monitorModes),
     onDragEnd: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onExport: PropTypes.func,
+    onImport: PropTypes.func,
     onNextMode: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    onSetModeToDefault: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-    onSetModeToLarge: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+    onSetModeToDefault: PropTypes.func,
+    onSetModeToLarge: PropTypes.func,
     onSetModeToSlider: PropTypes.func
 };
 
diff --git a/src/containers/monitor.jsx b/src/containers/monitor.jsx
index 0a02e8268..e2c882220 100644
--- a/src/containers/monitor.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/monitor.jsx
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import bindAll from 'lodash.bindall';
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import {injectIntl, intlShape, defineMessages} from 'react-intl';
 
 import monitorAdapter from '../lib/monitor-adapter.js';
 import MonitorComponent, {monitorModes} from '../components/monitor/monitor.jsx';
 import {addMonitorRect, getInitialPosition, resizeMonitorRect, removeMonitorRect} from '../reducers/monitor-layout';
+import {getVariable, setVariableValue} from '../lib/variable-utils';
+import importCSV from '../lib/import-csv';
+import downloadText from '../lib/download-text';
 
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import {Map} from 'immutable';
@@ -21,6 +25,14 @@ const availableModes = opcode => (
     })
 );
 
+const messages = defineMessages({
+    columnPrompt: {
+        defaultMessage: 'Which column should be used (1-{numberOfColumns})?',
+        description: 'Prompt for which column should be used',
+        id: 'gui.monitors.importListColumnPrompt'
+    }
+});
+
 class Monitor extends React.Component {
     constructor (props) {
         super(props);
@@ -30,6 +42,8 @@ class Monitor extends React.Component {
             'handleSetModeToDefault',
             'handleSetModeToLarge',
             'handleSetModeToSlider',
+            'handleImport',
+            'handleExport',
             'setElement'
         ]);
     }
@@ -124,9 +138,29 @@ class Monitor extends React.Component {
     setElement (monitorElt) {
         this.element = monitorElt;
     }
+    handleImport () {
+        importCSV().then(rows => {
+            const numberOfColumns = rows[0].length;
+            let columnNumber = 1;
+            if (numberOfColumns > 1) {
+                const msg = this.props.intl.formatMessage(messages.columnPrompt, {numberOfColumns});
+                columnNumber = parseInt(prompt(msg), 10); // eslint-disable-line no-alert
+            }
+            const newListValue = rows.map(row => row[columnNumber - 1])
+                .filter(item => typeof item === 'string'); // CSV importer can leave undefineds
+            const {vm, targetId, id: variableId} = this.props;
+            setVariableValue(vm, targetId, variableId, newListValue);
+        });
+    }
+    handleExport () {
+        const {vm, targetId, id: variableId} = this.props;
+        const variable = getVariable(vm, targetId, variableId);
+        downloadText(`${variable.name}.txt`, variable.value.join('\r\n'));
+    }
     render () {
         const monitorProps = monitorAdapter(this.props);
         const showSliderOption = availableModes(this.props.opcode).indexOf('slider') !== -1;
+        const isList = this.props.mode === 'list';
         return (
             <MonitorComponent
                 componentRef={this.setElement}
@@ -139,9 +173,11 @@ class Monitor extends React.Component {
                 targetId={this.props.targetId}
                 width={this.props.width}
                 onDragEnd={this.handleDragEnd}
+                onExport={isList ? this.handleExport : null}
+                onImport={isList ? this.handleImport : null}
                 onNextMode={this.handleNextMode}
-                onSetModeToDefault={this.handleSetModeToDefault}
-                onSetModeToLarge={this.handleSetModeToLarge}
+                onSetModeToDefault={isList ? null : this.handleSetModeToDefault}
+                onSetModeToLarge={isList ? null : this.handleSetModeToLarge}
                 onSetModeToSlider={showSliderOption ? this.handleSetModeToSlider : null}
             />
         );
@@ -153,6 +189,7 @@ Monitor.propTypes = {
     draggable: PropTypes.bool,
     height: PropTypes.number,
     id: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    intl: intlShape,
     max: PropTypes.number,
     min: PropTypes.number,
     mode: PropTypes.oneOf(['default', 'slider', 'large', 'list']),
@@ -190,7 +227,8 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
     resizeMonitorRect: (id, newWidth, newHeight) => dispatch(resizeMonitorRect(id, newWidth, newHeight)),
     removeMonitorRect: id => dispatch(removeMonitorRect(id))
 });
-export default connect(
+
+export default injectIntl(connect(
     mapStateToProps,
     mapDispatchToProps
-)(Monitor);
+)(Monitor));
diff --git a/src/lib/download-text.js b/src/lib/download-text.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c0bc91a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/download-text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export default (filename, text) => {
+    const pom = document.createElement('a');
+    pom.setAttribute('href', `data:text/plain;charset=utf-8,${encodeURIComponent(text)}`);
+    pom.setAttribute('download', filename);
+
+    if (document.createEvent) {
+        const event = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+        event.initEvent('click', true, true);
+        pom.dispatchEvent(event);
+    } else {
+        pom.click();
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/lib/import-csv.js b/src/lib/import-csv.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36ec7392b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/import-csv.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import Papa from 'papaparse';
+
+export default () => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const fileInput = document.createElement('input');
+    fileInput.setAttribute('type', 'file');
+    fileInput.setAttribute('accept', '.csv, .tsv, .txt'); // parser auto-detects delimiter
+    fileInput.onchange = e => {
+        const file = e.target.files[0];
+        Papa.parse(file, {
+            header: false,
+            complete: results => {
+                document.body.removeChild(fileInput);
+                resolve(results.data);
+            },
+            error: err => {
+                document.body.removeChild(fileInput);
+                reject(err);
+            }
+        });
+    };
+    document.body.appendChild(fileInput);
+    fileInput.click();
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/variable-utils.js b/src/lib/variable-utils.js
index 12bcf4704..10df7df25 100644
--- a/src/lib/variable-utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/variable-utils.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const setVariableValue = (vm, targetId, variableId, value) => {
 };
 
 export {
+    getVariable,
     getVariableValue,
     setVariableValue
 };