diff --git a/src/detector/typescriptImportType.js b/src/detector/typescriptImportType.js
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+export default function detectTypescriptImportType(node) {
+  return node.type === 'TSImportType'
+    && node.argument
+    && node.argument.value
+    ? [node.argument.value]
+    : [];
+}