diff --git a/filter/export/ExtendedIssueNativeXmlFilter.inc.php b/filter/export/ExtendedIssueNativeXmlFilter.inc.php
index fe72796..05931cb 100644
--- a/filter/export/ExtendedIssueNativeXmlFilter.inc.php
+++ b/filter/export/ExtendedIssueNativeXmlFilter.inc.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public function &process(&$issues)
         $doc->preserveWhiteSpace = false;
         $doc->formatOutput = true;
         $deployment = $this->getDeployment();
+        $journal = $deployment->getContext();
 
         if (count($issues) == 1) {
             $rootNode = $this->createIssueNode($doc, $issues[0]);
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ public function &process(&$issues)
                 $rootNode->appendChild($this->createIssueNode($doc, $issue));
             }
         }
+
+        $issueDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('IssueDAO');
+        if ($issueDao->customIssueOrderingExists($journal->getId())) {
+            foreach ($issues as $issue) {
+                $rootNode->appendChild($this->createCustomOrderNode($doc, $issue, $journal));
+            }
+        }
+
         $doc->appendChild($rootNode);
         $rootNode->setAttributeNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/', 'xmlns:xsi', 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance');
         $rootNode->setAttribute('xsi:schemaLocation', $deployment->getNamespace() . ' ' . $deployment->getSchemaFilename());
@@ -45,12 +54,6 @@ public function createIssueNode($doc, $issue)
         $issueNode->setAttribute('access_status', $issue->getAccessStatus());
         $issueNode->setAttribute('url_path', $issue->getData('urlPath'));
 
-        $issueDAO = DAORegistry::getDAO('IssueDAO');
-        $issueOrder = $issueDAO->getCustomIssueOrder($journal->getId(), $issue->getId());
-        if ($issueOrder) {
-            $issueNode->setAttribute('order', $issueOrder);
-        }
-
         $this->createLocalizedNodes($doc, $issueNode, 'description', $issue->getDescription(null));
         import('plugins.importexport.native.filter.NativeFilterHelper');
         $nativeFilterHelper = new NativeFilterHelper();
@@ -100,4 +103,17 @@ public function addArticles($doc, $issueNode, $issue)
             $issueNode->appendChild($clone);
         }
     }
+
+    public function createCustomOrderNode($doc, $issue, $journal)
+    {
+        $deployment = $this->getDeployment();
+
+        $issueDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('IssueDAO');
+        $order = $issueDao->getCustomIssueOrder($journal->getId(), $issue->getId());
+
+        $customOrderNode = $doc->createElementNS($deployment->getNamespace(), 'custom_order', $order);
+        $customOrderNode->setAttribute('id', $issue->getId());
+
+        return $customOrderNode;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/filter/import/NativeXmlExtendedIssueFilter.inc.php b/filter/import/NativeXmlExtendedIssueFilter.inc.php
index 72366a4..b2c7bdf 100644
--- a/filter/import/NativeXmlExtendedIssueFilter.inc.php
+++ b/filter/import/NativeXmlExtendedIssueFilter.inc.php
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ public function handleElement($node)
             if ($issue->getCurrent()) {
                 $deployment->setCurrentIssue($issue);
             }
-
-            if ($seq = $node->getAttribute('order')) {
-                $issueDao = DAORegistry::getDAO('IssueDAO');
-                $issueDao->moveCustomIssueOrder($journal->getId(), $issue->getId(), $seq);
-            }
         }
 
         return $issue;
diff --git a/filter/import/NativeXmlJournalFilter.inc.php b/filter/import/NativeXmlJournalFilter.inc.php
index 64f1597..9a5ca27 100644
--- a/filter/import/NativeXmlJournalFilter.inc.php
+++ b/filter/import/NativeXmlJournalFilter.inc.php
@@ -386,8 +386,13 @@ public function parseIssues($node, $journal)
 
         echo __('plugins.importexport.fullJournal.importingIssues') . "\n";
         for ($n = $node->firstChild; $n !== null; $n = $n->nextSibling) {
-            if (is_a($n, 'DOMElement') && $n->tagName  === 'extended_issue') {
-                $this->parseIssue($n, $journal);
+            if (is_a($n, 'DOMElement')) {
+                if ($n->tagName  === 'extended_issue') {
+                    $this->parseIssue($n, $journal);
+                }
+                if ($n->tagName  === 'custom_order') {
+                    $this->parseIssueOrder($n, $journal);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -410,6 +415,17 @@ public function parseIssue($node, $journal)
         return $importedObjects;
     }
 
+    public function parseIssueOrder($node, $journal)
+    {
+        $deployment = $this->getDeployment();
+
+        $issueId = $deployment->getIssueDBId($node->getAttribute('id'));
+        $customOrder = $node->textContent;
+
+        $issueDAO = DAORegistry::getDAO('IssueDAO');
+        $issueDAO->moveCustomIssueOrder($journal->getId(), $issueId, $customOrder);
+    }
+
     public function parseArticles($node, $journal)
     {
         $deployment = $this->getDeployment();
diff --git a/fullJournal.xsd b/fullJournal.xsd
index b94259e..41a954f 100644
--- a/fullJournal.xsd
+++ b/fullJournal.xsd
@@ -130,13 +130,17 @@
 		<attribute name="current" type="int" use="optional" />
 		<attribute name="access_status" type="int" use="optional" />
 		<attribute name="url_path" type="string" use="optional" />
-		<attribute name="order" type="int" use="optional" />
 	</complexType>
 
     <element name="extended_issues">
 		<complexType>
 			<sequence>
 				<element ref="pkp:extended_issue" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+				<element name="custom_order" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
+                    <complexType mixed="true">
+                        <attribute name="id" type="int" />
+                    </complexType>
+                </element>
 			</sequence>
 		</complexType>
 	</element>
diff --git a/version.xml b/version.xml
index 8eb309a..06499e2 100644
--- a/version.xml
+++ b/version.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <version>
 	<application>fullJournalTransfer</application>
 	<type>plugins.importexport</type>
-	<release>2.0.11.3</release>
-	<date>2024-05-09</date>
+	<release>2.0.11.4</release>
+	<date>2024-05-10</date>
     <class>FullJournalImportExportPlugin</class>
 </version>