diff --git a/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/import_export/parsers.py b/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/import_export/parsers.py
index 72d43822..823a8a24 100644
--- a/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/import_export/parsers.py
+++ b/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/import_export/parsers.py
@@ -166,17 +166,19 @@ def _load_tags_for_export(cls, taxonomy: Taxonomy) -> list[dict]:
         with required and optional fields
 
         The tags are ordered by hierarchy, first, parents and then children.
-        `get_tags` is in charge of returning this in a hierarchical way.
+        `get_filtered_tags` is in charge of returning this in a hierarchical
+        way.
         """
         tags = taxonomy.get_filtered_tags().all()
         result = []
         for tag in tags:
             result_tag = {
-                "id": tag["external_id"] or tag["id"],
+                "id": tag["external_id"] or tag["_id"],
                 "value": tag["value"],
             }
-            if tag.parent:
-                result_tag["parent_id"] = tag.parent.external_id or tag.parent.id
+            if tag["parent_value"]:
+                parent_tag = next(t for t in tags if t["value"] == tag["parent_value"])
+                result_tag["parent_id"] = parent_tag["external_id"] or parent_tag["_id"]
             result.append(result_tag)
         return result
 
diff --git a/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/models/base.py b/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/models/base.py
index b7f113d2..7900e440 100644
--- a/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/models/base.py
+++ b/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/models/base.py
@@ -370,8 +370,9 @@ def _get_filtered_tags_free_text(
             child_count=Value(0),
             external_id=Value(None, output_field=models.CharField()),
             parent_value=Value(None, output_field=models.CharField()),
+            _id=Value(None, output_field=models.CharField()),
         )
-        qs = qs.values("value", "child_count", "depth", "parent_value", "external_id").order_by("value")
+        qs = qs.values("value", "child_count", "depth", "parent_value", "external_id", "_id").order_by("value")
         if include_counts:
             return qs.annotate(usage_count=models.Count("value"))
         else:
@@ -402,7 +403,8 @@ def _get_filtered_tags_one_level(
         # Filter by search term:
         if search_term:
             qs = qs.filter(value__icontains=search_term)
-        qs = qs.values("value", "child_count", "depth", "parent_value", "external_id").order_by("value")
+        qs = qs.annotate(_id=F("id"))  # ID has an underscore to encourage use of 'value' rather than this internal ID
+        qs = qs.values("value", "child_count", "depth", "parent_value", "external_id", "_id").order_by("value")
         if include_counts:
             # We need to include the count of how many times this tag is used to tag objects.
             # You'd think we could just use:
@@ -468,7 +470,8 @@ def _get_filtered_tags_deep(
         ))
         # Add the parent value
         qs = qs.annotate(parent_value=F("parent__value"))
-        qs = qs.values("value", "child_count", "depth", "parent_value", "external_id").order_by("sort_key")
+        qs = qs.annotate(_id=F("id"))  # ID has an underscore to encourage use of 'value' rather than this internal ID
+        qs = qs.values("value", "child_count", "depth", "parent_value", "external_id", "_id").order_by("sort_key")
         if include_counts:
             # Including the counts is a bit tricky; see the comment above in _get_filtered_tags_one_level()
             obj_tags = ObjectTag.objects.filter(tag_id=models.OuterRef("pk")).order_by().annotate(
diff --git a/tests/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/test_models.py b/tests/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/test_models.py
index c3ff48ae..a47ec5f1 100644
--- a/tests/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/openedx_tagging/core/tagging/test_models.py
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ def test_get_root(self) -> None:
         """
         result = list(self.taxonomy.get_filtered_tags(depth=1, include_counts=False))
         common_fields = {"depth": 0, "parent_value": None, "external_id": None}
+        for r in result:
+            del r["_id"]  # Remove the internal database IDs; they aren't interesting here and a other tests check them
         assert result == [
             # These are the root tags, in alphabetical order:
             {"value": "Archaea", "child_count": 3, **common_fields},
@@ -237,6 +239,8 @@ def test_get_child_tags_one_level(self) -> None:
         """
         result = list(self.taxonomy.get_filtered_tags(depth=1, parent_tag_value="Eukaryota"))
         common_fields = {"depth": 1, "parent_value": "Eukaryota", "usage_count": 0, "external_id": None}
+        for r in result:
+            del r["_id"]  # Remove the internal database IDs; they aren't interesting here and a other tests check them
         assert result == [
             # These are the Eukaryota tags, in alphabetical order:
             {"value": "Animalia", "child_count": 7, **common_fields},
@@ -253,6 +257,8 @@ def test_get_grandchild_tags_one_level(self) -> None:
         """
         result = list(self.taxonomy.get_filtered_tags(depth=1, parent_tag_value="Animalia"))
         common_fields = {"depth": 2, "parent_value": "Animalia", "usage_count": 0, "external_id": None}
+        for r in result:
+            del r["_id"]  # Remove the internal database IDs; they aren't interesting here and a other tests check them
         assert result == [
             # These are the Eukaryota tags, in alphabetical order:
             {"value": "Arthropoda", "child_count": 0, **common_fields},
@@ -277,6 +283,7 @@ def test_get_depth_1_search_term(self) -> None:
                 "usage_count": 0,
                 "parent_value": None,
                 "external_id": None,
+                "_id": 2,  # These IDs are hard-coded in the test fixture file
             },
         ]
         # Note that other tags in the taxonomy match "ARCH" but are excluded because of the depth=1 search
@@ -294,6 +301,7 @@ def test_get_depth_1_child_search_term(self) -> None:
                 "usage_count": 0,
                 "parent_value": "Bacteria",
                 "external_id": None,
+                "_id": 5,  # These IDs are hard-coded in the test fixture file
             },
         ]
         # Note that other tags in the taxonomy match "ARCH" but are excluded because of the depth=1 search
@@ -384,6 +392,7 @@ def test_tags_deep(self) -> None:
                 "usage_count": 0,
                 "child_count": 0,
                 "external_id": None,
+                "_id": 21,  # These IDs are hard-coded in the test fixture file
             }
         ]
 
@@ -457,7 +466,7 @@ def test_get_filtered_tags(self):
         Without counts included.
         """
         result = list(self.taxonomy.get_filtered_tags(include_counts=False))
-        common_fields = {"child_count": 0, "depth": 0, "parent_value": None, "external_id": None}
+        common_fields = {"child_count": 0, "depth": 0, "parent_value": None, "external_id": None, "_id": None}
         assert result == [
             # These should appear in alphabetical order:
             {"value": "double", **common_fields},
@@ -471,7 +480,7 @@ def test_get_filtered_tags_with_count(self):
         Without counts included.
         """
         result = list(self.taxonomy.get_filtered_tags(include_counts=True))
-        common_fields = {"child_count": 0, "depth": 0, "parent_value": None, "external_id": None}
+        common_fields = {"child_count": 0, "depth": 0, "parent_value": None, "external_id": None, "_id": None}
         assert result == [
             # These should appear in alphabetical order:
             {"value": "double", "usage_count": 2, **common_fields},
@@ -494,7 +503,7 @@ def test_get_filtered_tags_with_search(self) -> None:
         Test basic retrieval of only matching tags.
         """
         result1 = list(self.taxonomy.get_filtered_tags(search_term="le"))
-        common_fields = {"child_count": 0, "depth": 0, "parent_value": None, "external_id": None}
+        common_fields = {"child_count": 0, "depth": 0, "parent_value": None, "external_id": None, "_id": None}
         assert result1 == [
             # These should appear in alphabetical order:
             {"value": "double", "usage_count": 2, **common_fields},