diff --git a/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/data_io.py b/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/data_io.py
index 70c89c7..0f8c17e 100644
--- a/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/data_io.py
+++ b/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/data_io.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import logging
 import csv
 
 import apache_beam as beam
+import psycopg2
 
 from apache_beam.io.filesystems import FileSystems
 
@@ -17,9 +18,8 @@ class ReadFromCsv(beam.DoFn):
     """
 
     def process(self, in_file):
-        fname = in_file.get()
-        logging.info("reading from input file: %s", fname)
-        with FileSystems.open(fname) as file:
+        logging.info("reading from input file: %s", in_file)
+        with FileSystems.open(in_file) as file:
             text_wrapper = io.TextIOWrapper(file)
             reader = csv.reader(text_wrapper)
             try:
@@ -28,3 +28,39 @@ class ReadFromCsv(beam.DoFn):
                 return
             for row in reader:
                 yield dict(zip(header, row))
+
+
+class WriteToPostgreSQL(beam.DoFn):
+    """DoFn to write elements to a PostgreSQL database"""
+
+    def __init__(self, hostname, port, username, password, database, table):
+        self.hostname = hostname
+        self.port = port
+        self.username = username
+        self.password = password
+        self.database = database
+        self.table = table
+
+    def setup(self):
+        self.connection = psycopg2.connect(
+            host=self.hostname,
+            port=self.port,
+            user=self.username,
+            password=self.password,
+            database=self.database,
+        )
+
+    def process(self, element):
+        cursor = self.connection.cursor()
+        colnames = ",".join(element.keys())
+        values = ",".join(["%s"] * len(element))
+        sql = f"""
+            INSERT INTO { self.table } ({ colnames })
+            VALUES ({ values })
+        """
+        cursor.execute(sql, list(element.values()))
+        self.connection.commit()
+        cursor.close()
+
+    def teardown(self):
+        self.connection.close()
diff --git a/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/parse_row.py b/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/parse_row.py
index b597f6b..fb2d711 100644
--- a/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/parse_row.py
+++ b/pipeline/beam_etl/helpers/parse_row.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ from helpers.weight import parse_weight, dimensional_weight
 class CleanRow(TypedDict):
     """Type to represent clean rows to be inserted in the database"""
 
-    gtin13: int
-    tcin: int
+    gtin13: str
+    tcin: str
     primary_category: str
     materials: Optional[List[str]]
     packaging: int
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ def parse_row(element: Dict[str, str]) -> Optional[CleanRow]:
         logging.error("gtin13 missing")
         return None
 
-    try:
-        gtin13 = int(gtin13.strip())
-    except ValueError:
-        logging.error("malformed GTIN13")
-        return None
-
     # primary category should always be there
     try:
         primary_category = element["primary_category"]
@@ -55,19 +49,13 @@ def parse_row(element: Dict[str, str]) -> Optional[CleanRow]:
         logging.error("could not parse raw_specifications")
         return None
 
-    # TCIN should be a mandatory field in the from of an int
+    # TCIN should be a mandatory field
     try:
-        tcin_value = specifications["tcin"]
+        tcin = specifications["tcin"]
     except KeyError:
         logging.error("TCIN missing")
         return None
 
-    try:
-        tcin = int(tcin_value.strip())
-    except ValueError:
-        logging.error("malformed TCIN")
-        return None
-
     materials = parse_materials(specifications.get("materials"))
 
     # if packaging is not specified, assume only one unit is found in the
diff --git a/pipeline/beam_etl/main.py b/pipeline/beam_etl/main.py
index 86638f3..f9fcc16 100644
--- a/pipeline/beam_etl/main.py
+++ b/pipeline/beam_etl/main.py
@@ -1,43 +1,35 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import io
 import logging
-import csv
 
 import apache_beam as beam
 
-from apache_beam.io.filesystems import FileSystems
 from apache_beam.options.pipeline_options import PipelineOptions
 
+from helpers.data_io import ReadFromCsv, WriteToPostgreSQL
+from helpers.parse_row import parse_row
+
+
+#     def __init__(self, hostname, port, username, password, database):
+
 
 class SustainabilityScoreOptions(PipelineOptions):
     """Options for this pipeline"""
 
     @classmethod
     def _add_argparse_args(cls, parser):
-        parser.add_value_provider_argument(
-            "--input", help="Input CSV file to process", type=str
-        )
-        parser.add_value_provider_argument(
-            "--output", help="Destination destination table", type=str
-        )
-
-
-class ReadFromCsv(beam.DoFn):
-    """This custom DoFn will read from a CSV file and yield each row as a
-    dictionary where the row names are the keys and the cells are the values
-    """
-
-    def process(self, in_file):
-        with FileSystems.open(in_file.get()) as file:
-            text_wrapper = io.TextIOWrapper(file)
-            reader = csv.reader(text_wrapper)
-            header = next(reader)
-            for row in reader:
-                yield dict(zip(header, row))
+        parser.add_argument("--input", help="Input CSV file to process", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument("--pg_hostname", help="Postgres hostname", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument("--pg_port", help="Postgres port", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument("--pg_username", help="Postgres username", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument("--pg_password", help="Postgres password", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument("--pg_database", help="Postgres database name", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument("--pg_table", help="Postgres table name", type=str)
 
 
 def main():
+    """Construct and run the pipeline"""
+
     beam_options = PipelineOptions()
     opts = beam_options.view_as(SustainabilityScoreOptions)
 
@@ -45,7 +37,16 @@ def main():
         # fmt: off
         pipeline \
             | beam.Create([opts.input]) \
-            | beam.ParDo(ReadFromCsv())
+            | beam.ParDo(ReadFromCsv()) \
+            | beam.Map(parse_row) \
+            | beam.ParDo(WriteToPostgreSQL(
+                hostname=opts.pg_hostname,
+                port=opts.pg_port,
+                username=opts.pg_username,
+                password=opts.pg_password,
+                database=opts.pg_database,
+                table=opts.pg_table,
+            ))
         # fmt: on
 
 
diff --git a/pipeline/beam_etl/pyproject.toml b/pipeline/beam_etl/pyproject.toml
index f27730d..882e11a 100644
--- a/pipeline/beam_etl/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pipeline/beam_etl/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "beam_etl"
 version = "0.1"
-dependencies = ["wheel", "apache-beam[gcp]", "pandas"]
+dependencies = ["wheel", "apache-beam[gcp]", "pandas", "psycopg2"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["pytest", "pylint", "black"]
diff --git a/pipeline/beam_etl/requirements.txt b/pipeline/beam_etl/requirements.txt
index c8e9371..e5a0b96 100644
--- a/pipeline/beam_etl/requirements.txt
+++ b/pipeline/beam_etl/requirements.txt
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ protobuf==4.23.3
     #   grpc-google-iam-v1
     #   grpcio-status
     #   proto-plus
+psycopg2==2.9.6
+    # via beam-etl (pyproject.toml)
 pyarrow==11.0.0
     # via apache-beam
 pyasn1==0.5.0
diff --git a/pipeline/dags/sustainability_score/__init__.py b/pipeline/dags/sustainability_score/__init__.py
index f1611b5..d69e639 100644
--- a/pipeline/dags/sustainability_score/__init__.py
+++ b/pipeline/dags/sustainability_score/__init__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CSV_FNAME = (
 CONFIG = {
     "input": f"{ HOME }/gcs/data/{ CSV_FNAME }",
     "beam_etl_path": "/beam_etl/main.py",
+    "output_table": "sustainability_score.products",
 }
 
 with DAG(
@@ -43,7 +44,15 @@ with DAG(
     etl_pipeline = BeamRunPythonPipelineOperator(
         task_id="beam_etl",
         py_file="{{ params.beam_etl_path }}",
-        pipeline_options={"input": "{{ params.input }}"},
+        pipeline_options={
+            "input": "{{ params.input }}",
+            "pg_hostname": "{{ conn.get('pg_db').host }}",
+            "pg_port": "{{ conn.get('pg_db').port }}",
+            "pg_username": "{{ conn.get('pg_db').login }}",
+            "pg_password": "{{ conn.get('pg_db').password }}",
+            "pg_database": "{{ conn.get('pg_db').schema }}",
+            "pg_table": "{{ params.output_table }}",
+        },
     )
 
     create_products_table >> etl_pipeline
diff --git a/pipeline/sql/products_schema.sql b/pipeline/sql/products_schema.sql
index 0854d69..1a9868b 100644
--- a/pipeline/sql/products_schema.sql
+++ b/pipeline/sql/products_schema.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sustainability_score.products (
-    gtin13           INT     PRIMARY KEY,
-    tcin             INT     NOT NULL,
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{ params.output_table }} (
+    gtin13           VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY,
+    tcin             VARCHAR NOT NULL,
     primary_category VARCHAR NOT NULL,
     materials        VARCHAR[],
     packaging        INT     NOT NULL,