Exporting 1920x1080 iMovie 11 Clips to FCE 4.0.1 - loss of aspect ratio

I'm editing a movie in FCE 4.0.1 at 1920x1080 and I'd like to bring across a file I created with iMovie 11. I used the "Export Final Cut XML" option to get my file across, but when I import to FCE the aspect ratio gets mangled into 1440x1080 (according to its Item Properties). I'm just getting my feet wet with this, so is there a pixel aspect ratio option I need to fiddle with, or could it be something else completely?

Sorry, it didn't mention the camera at all in the inspector; I thought that was what you were after.

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