Imported.ai files don't honour artboard size/crop?

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Hi There,

How do I get Premiere to honour the artboard size/crop when importing .ai files. The whole thing comes in with a white background that covers the entire viewer in Premiere - even though the artboard is a square in Illustrator - see attached.

Obviously missing something basic! On deadline, any help much appreciated.

Cheers, Ben

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Ignore! First frames of timeline are white. Sorry.