How to fix the Oracle error IMP-00016: required character set conversion (type number to number) not supported?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorIMP-00016: required character set conversion (type number to number) not supported with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

IMP-00016: required character set conversion (type number to number) not supported

Reason for the Error IMP-00016: required character set conversion (type number to number) not supported

Import could not convert the character format of the export file into the native character format.

How to fix the Error IMP-00016: required character set conversion (type number to number) not supported ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Change the user character set by setting the NLS_LANG environment variable to match the character set of the export file.