Imported Playlist Missing Information

Hi,
So in follow up to my exporting question earlier, I am importing a playlist into Itunes. When I import my playlist - there is missing information. For example it'll be missing the information in the comments field or information in the genre field.
Would anyone happen to know why this would be happening? I looked at the imported .txt file in excel and I can see that all the information is there. Why would itunes be ignoring just a select few feilds?
Thanks,
R_N

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