diff --git a/api/src/modules/api-events/api-events.module.ts b/api/src/modules/api-events/api-events.module.ts
index f1f22773a..95222b92c 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/api-events/api-events.module.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/api-events/api-events.module.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Logger, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Global, Logger, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 
 import { ApiEvent } from 'modules/api-events/api-event.entity';
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { ApiEventsService } from 'modules/api-events/api-events.service';
 
 export const logger: Logger = new Logger('ApiEvents');
 
+@Global()
 @Module({
   imports: [
     TypeOrmModule.forFeature([
diff --git a/api/src/modules/events/app-events.module.ts b/api/src/modules/events/app-events.module.ts
index cf197c191..02e15bd16 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/events/app-events.module.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/events/app-events.module.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { ImportProgressTrackerFactory } from 'modules/events/import-data-progres
     ImportProgressEmitter,
     ImportProgressTrackerFactory,
     ImportProgressSocket,
+    CqrsModule,
   ],
 })
 export class AppEventsModule {}
diff --git a/api/src/modules/events/import-data-events/import-data.event-handler.ts b/api/src/modules/events/import-data-events/import-data.event-handler.ts
index 9bc53e48f..7781140e5 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/events/import-data-events/import-data.event-handler.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/events/import-data-events/import-data.event-handler.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { ApiEventsService } from 'modules/api-events/api-events.service';
 import { Task } from 'modules/tasks/task.entity';
 
 export enum IMPORT_DATA_EVENTS {
-  started = API_EVENT_KINDS.data__importStarted__v1alpha1,
-  failed = API_EVENT_KINDS.data__importFailed__v1alpha1,
-  succeeded = API_EVENT_KINDS.data__importSucceeded__v1alpha1,
+  STARTED = API_EVENT_KINDS.data__importStarted__v1alpha1,
+  FAILED = API_EVENT_KINDS.data__importFailed__v1alpha1,
+  SUCCEED = API_EVENT_KINDS.data__importSucceeded__v1alpha1,
 }
 
 export class ImportDataEvent implements IEvent {
diff --git a/api/src/modules/import-data/import-data.module.ts b/api/src/modules/import-data/import-data.module.ts
index 6c62a9537..5af773ed8 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/import-data/import-data.module.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/import-data/import-data.module.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { ImportMailService } from 'modules/import-data/import-mail/import-mail.s
 import { NotificationsModule } from 'modules/notifications/notifications.module';
 import { ExcelValidatorService } from 'modules/import-data/sourcing-data/validation/excel-validator.service';
 import { SourcingDataDbCleaner } from 'modules/import-data/sourcing-data/sourcing-data.db-cleaner';
+import { ImportDataEventHandler } from '../events/import-data-events/import-data.event-handler';
 
 // TODO: Move EUDR related stuff to EUDR modules
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ import { SourcingDataDbCleaner } from 'modules/import-data/sourcing-data/sourcin
     ImportMailService,
     ExcelValidatorService,
     SourcingDataDbCleaner,
+    ImportDataEventHandler,
     {
       provide: 'FILE_UPLOAD_SIZE_LIMIT',
       useValue: config.get('fileUploads.sizeLimit'),
diff --git a/api/src/modules/import-data/workers/import-data.consumer.ts b/api/src/modules/import-data/workers/import-data.consumer.ts
index a3ac36e74..8df217105 100644
--- a/api/src/modules/import-data/workers/import-data.consumer.ts
+++ b/api/src/modules/import-data/workers/import-data.consumer.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import { Task, TASK_STATUS, TASK_TYPE } from 'modules/tasks/task.entity';
 import { importQueueName } from 'modules/import-data/workers/import-queue.name';
 import { ImportProgressSocket } from 'modules/events/import-data-progress/import-progress.socket';
 import { ImportMailService } from 'modules/import-data/import-mail/import-mail.service';
+import { EventBus } from '@nestjs/cqrs';
+import {
+  IMPORT_DATA_EVENTS,
+  ImportDataEvent,
+} from '../../events/import-data-events/import-data.event-handler';
 
 @Processor(importQueueName)
 export class ImportDataConsumer {
@@ -24,6 +29,7 @@ export class ImportDataConsumer {
     public readonly tasksService: TasksService,
     public readonly importSocket: ImportProgressSocket,
     public readonly importMail: ImportMailService,
+    public readonly eventBus: EventBus,
   ) {}
 
   @OnQueueError()
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ export class ImportDataConsumer {
     );
   }
 
-  // TODO: Handle events finished and failed cases
+  // TODO: we probably want to handle success and failures using CQRS
 
   @OnQueueFailed()
   async onJobFailed(job: Job<ExcelImportJob>, err: any): Promise<void> {
@@ -47,11 +53,16 @@ export class ImportDataConsumer {
       newErrors: err.validationErrors,
     });
     this.importSocket.emitImportFailureToSocket({ error: err });
+    this.eventBus.publish(
+      new ImportDataEvent(task.id, IMPORT_DATA_EVENTS.FAILED, err),
+    );
 
     this.logger.error(
       `Import Failed for file: ${job.data.xlsxFileData.filename} for task: ${task.id}: ${err}`,
     );
 
+    // TODO: If the error is not related to the file, we should not send an error report (as it will be empty), we should send a generic error message
+
     const errorReport: string = await this.tasksService.getTaskErrorReport(
       task.id,
       {
@@ -75,6 +86,12 @@ export class ImportDataConsumer {
     });
 
     this.importSocket.emitImportCompleteToSocket({ status: 'completed' });
+    this.eventBus.publish(
+      new ImportDataEvent(task.id, IMPORT_DATA_EVENTS.SUCCEED, {
+        file: job.data.xlsxFileData.originalname,
+        userId: task.user.id,
+      }),
+    );
     await this.importMail.sendImportSuccessMail({
       email: task.user.email,
       fileName: job.data.xlsxFileData.originalname,
@@ -87,7 +104,12 @@ export class ImportDataConsumer {
 
   @Process('excel-import-job')
   async readImportDataJob(job: Job<ExcelImportJob>): Promise<void> {
-    await this.importDataService.processImportJob(job);
+    this.eventBus.publish(
+      new ImportDataEvent(job.data.taskId, IMPORT_DATA_EVENTS.STARTED, {
+        file: job.data.xlsxFileData.originalname,
+      }),
+    );
+    return this.importDataService.processImportJob(job);
   }
 
   private isJobStalled(err: Error): boolean {