diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/createprocess/CatalogImportDialog.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/createprocess/CatalogImportDialog.java
index 30401786d0c..7db17e6ece6 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/createprocess/CatalogImportDialog.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/createprocess/CatalogImportDialog.java
@@ -129,12 +129,7 @@ public void search() {
     }
 
     private boolean skipHitList(ImportConfiguration importConfiguration, String searchField) {
-        if (SearchInterfaceType.OAI.name().equals(importConfiguration.getInterfaceType())
-                || searchField.equals(importConfiguration.getIdSearchField().getLabel())) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return (Objects.isNull(importConfiguration.getMetadataRecordIdXPath())
-                || Objects.isNull(importConfiguration.getMetadataRecordTitleXPath()));
+        return ImportService.skipHitlist(importConfiguration, searchField);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java
index 011d1501cc4..4850b892073 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/services/data/ImportService.java
@@ -246,6 +246,25 @@ public static String getDefaultSearchField(ImportConfiguration importConfigurati
         return "";
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check and return whether to skip hit list for given ImportConfiguration and search field or not.
+     * Hit list is skipped either if SearchInterfaceType of given ImportConfiguration does not support
+     * hit lists (e.g. OAI and FTP interfaces) or if the provides search field equals the ID search field
+     * of the given ImportConfiguration.
+     * @param configuration ImportConfiguration to check
+     * @param field value of SearchField to check
+     * @return whether to skip hit list or not
+     */
+    public static boolean skipHitlist(ImportConfiguration configuration, String field) {
+        if (SearchInterfaceType.OAI.name().equals(configuration.getInterfaceType())
+                || SearchInterfaceType.FTP.name().equals(configuration.getInterfaceType())
+                || field.equals(configuration.getIdSearchField().getLabel())) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return (Objects.isNull(configuration.getMetadataRecordIdXPath())
+                || Objects.isNull(configuration.getMetadataRecordTitleXPath()));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get default import depth for given import configuration.
      *
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/catalogimport/ImportServiceTest.java b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/catalogimport/ImportServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98fdbe23121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Kitodo/src/test/java/org/kitodo/production/services/catalogimport/ImportServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * (c) Kitodo. Key to digital objects e. V. <contact@kitodo.org>
+ *
+ * This file is part of the Kitodo project.
+ *
+ * It is licensed under GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * GPL3-License.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+package org.kitodo.production.services.catalogimport;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.kitodo.api.externaldatamanagement.ImportConfigurationType;
+import org.kitodo.api.externaldatamanagement.SearchInterfaceType;
+import org.kitodo.data.database.beans.ImportConfiguration;
+import org.kitodo.production.services.data.ImportService;
+
+public class ImportServiceTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Test whether hit list is properly skipped for FTP type import configurations.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void shouldSkipHitListForFtpImportConfiguration() {
+        ImportConfiguration ftpConfiguration = createFtpImportConfiguration();
+        Assert.assertTrue("'Skip hit list' should return 'true' for FTP configurations",
+                ImportService.skipHitlist(ftpConfiguration, null));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create and return an ImportConfiguration with configuration type `OPAC_SEARCH` and search interface type 'FTP'.
+     */
+    private ImportConfiguration createFtpImportConfiguration() {
+        ImportConfiguration genericFtpConfiguration = new ImportConfiguration();
+        genericFtpConfiguration.setTitle("FTP example configuration");
+        genericFtpConfiguration.setConfigurationType(ImportConfigurationType.OPAC_SEARCH.name());
+        genericFtpConfiguration.setInterfaceType(SearchInterfaceType.FTP.name());
+        return genericFtpConfiguration;
+    }
+}