diff --git a/backend/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java b/backend/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java
index d0ea61bcd9..e5178e1bf8 100644
--- a/backend/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java
+++ b/backend/common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/cyclonedx/CycloneDxBOMImporter.java
@@ -510,11 +510,14 @@ private Map<String, String> importAllComponentsAsReleases(Map<String, List<org.c
 
                 // update components specific fields
                 comp = componentDatabaseHandler.getComponent(compAddSummary.getId(), user);
-                if (AddDocumentRequestStatus.SUCCESS.equals(compAddSummary.getRequestStatus()) && (null != bomComp.getType() && null == comp.getCdxComponentType())) {
+                if (null != bomComp.getType() && null == comp.getCdxComponentType()) {
                     comp.setCdxComponentType(getCdxComponentType(bomComp.getType()));
                 }
-                if (AddDocumentRequestStatus.SUCCESS.equals(compAddSummary.getRequestStatus()) && (CommonUtils.isNullEmptyOrWhitespace(comp.getDescription()) && CommonUtils.isNotNullEmptyOrWhitespace(bomComp.getDescription()))) {
-                    comp.setDescription(bomComp.getDescription().trim());
+                StringBuilder description = new StringBuilder();
+                if (CommonUtils.isNullEmptyOrWhitespace(comp.getDescription()) && CommonUtils.isNotNullEmptyOrWhitespace(bomComp.getDescription())) {
+                    description.append(bomComp.getDescription().trim());
+                } else if (CommonUtils.isNotNullEmptyOrWhitespace(bomComp.getDescription())) {
+                    description.append(" || ").append(bomComp.getDescription().trim());
                 }
                 if (CommonUtils.isNotEmpty(comp.getMainLicenseIds())) {
                     comp.getMainLicenseIds().addAll(licenses);
@@ -530,7 +533,7 @@ private Map<String, String> importAllComponentsAsReleases(Map<String, List<org.c
                         comp.setWiki(CommonUtils.nullToEmptyString(extRef.getUrl()));
                     }
                 }
-
+                comp.setDescription(description.toString());
                 RequestStatus updateStatus = componentDatabaseHandler.updateComponent(comp, user, true);
                 if (RequestStatus.SUCCESS.equals(updateStatus)) {
                     log.info("updating component successfull: " + comp.getName());
@@ -580,6 +583,7 @@ private Map<String, String> importAllComponentsAsPackages(Map<String, List<org.c
 
             Release release = new Release();
             String relName = "";
+            StringBuilder description = new StringBuilder();
             AddDocumentRequestSummary compAddSummary;
             try {
                 Component dupCompByName = componentDatabaseHandler.getComponentByName(comp.getName());
@@ -635,11 +639,13 @@ private Map<String, String> importAllComponentsAsPackages(Map<String, List<org.c
 
                     // update components specific fields
                     comp = componentDatabaseHandler.getComponent(compAddSummary.getId(), user);
-                    if (AddDocumentRequestStatus.SUCCESS.equals(compAddSummary.getRequestStatus()) && (null != bomComp.getType() && null == comp.getCdxComponentType())) {
+                    if (null != bomComp.getType() && null == comp.getCdxComponentType()) {
                         comp.setCdxComponentType(getCdxComponentType(bomComp.getType()));
                     }
-                    if (AddDocumentRequestStatus.SUCCESS.equals(compAddSummary.getRequestStatus()) && (CommonUtils.isNullEmptyOrWhitespace(comp.getDescription()) && CommonUtils.isNotNullEmptyOrWhitespace(bomComp.getDescription()))) {
-                        comp.setDescription(bomComp.getDescription().trim());
+                    if (CommonUtils.isNullEmptyOrWhitespace(comp.getDescription()) && CommonUtils.isNotNullEmptyOrWhitespace(bomComp.getDescription())) {
+                        description.append(bomComp.getDescription().trim());
+                    } else if (CommonUtils.isNotNullEmptyOrWhitespace(bomComp.getDescription())) {
+                        description.append(" || ").append(bomComp.getDescription().trim());
                     }
                     if (CommonUtils.isNotEmpty(comp.getMainLicenseIds())) {
                         comp.getMainLicenseIds().addAll(licenses);
@@ -658,6 +664,7 @@ private Map<String, String> importAllComponentsAsPackages(Map<String, List<org.c
                         }
                     }
 
+                    comp.setDescription(description.toString());
                     RequestStatus updateStatus = componentDatabaseHandler.updateComponent(comp, user, true);
                     if (RequestStatus.SUCCESS.equals(updateStatus)) {
                         log.info("updating component successfull: " + comp.getName());