What do you mean by 'We are trying to prove expdp is having an issue with just the LOB data of a business table' any ora- errors. I've found that it doesn't matter if you use expdp or exp, exporting lob is always extremely slow. Our lobs are xmltype and have a lot of info in them. We are trying to prove expdp is having an issue with just the LOB data of a business table - we have already checked for corruption. Thanks, Rich