diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5347f45..1cd58aad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Test data contract against dataframes / temporary views (#175)
 
+### Fixed
+- AVRO export: Logical Types should be nested (#233)
+
 ## [0.10.6] - 2024-05-29
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/datacontract/export/avro_converter.py b/datacontract/export/avro_converter.py
index a051e14e..89920010 100644
--- a/datacontract/export/avro_converter.py
+++ b/datacontract/export/avro_converter.py
@@ -34,13 +34,8 @@ def to_avro_field(field, field_name):
     if field.description is not None:
         avro_field["doc"] = field.description
     avro_field["type"] = to_avro_type(field, field_name)
-    # add logical type definitions for any of the date type fields
-    if field.type in ["timestamp", "timestamp_tz", "timestamp_ntz", "date"]:
-        avro_field["logicalType"] = to_avro_logical_type(field.type)
 
     if field.config:
-        if "avroLogicalType" in field.config:
-            avro_field["logicalType"] = field.config["avroLogicalType"]
         if "avroDefault" in field.config:
             avro_field["default"] = field.config["avroDefault"]
 
@@ -48,6 +43,17 @@ def to_avro_field(field, field_name):
 
 
 def to_avro_type(field: Field, field_name: str) -> str | dict:
+    if field.config:
+        if "avroLogicalType" in field.config and "avroType" in field.config:
+            return {"type": field.config["avroType"], "logicalType": field.config["avroLogicalType"]}
+        if "avroLogicalType" in field.config:
+            if field.config["avroLogicalType"] in ["timestamp-millis", "timestamp-micros", "local-timestamp-millis", "local-timestamp-micros", "time-micros"]:
+                return {"type": "long", "logicalType": field.config["avroLogicalType"]}
+            if field.config["avroLogicalType"] in ["time-millis", "date"]:
+                return {"type": "int", "logicalType": field.config["avroLogicalType"]}
+        if "avroType" in field.config:
+            return field.config["avroLogicalType"]
+
     if field.type is None:
         return "null"
     if field.type in ["string", "varchar", "text"]:
@@ -64,11 +70,11 @@ def to_avro_type(field: Field, field_name: str) -> str | dict:
     elif field.type in ["boolean"]:
         return "boolean"
     elif field.type in ["timestamp", "timestamp_tz"]:
-        return "long"
+        return {"type": "long", "logicalType": "timestamp-millis"}
     elif field.type in ["timestamp_ntz"]:
-        return "long"
+        return {"type": "long", "logicalType": "local-timestamp-millis"}
     elif field.type in ["date"]:
-        return "int"
+        return {"type": "int", "logicalType": "date"}
     elif field.type in ["time"]:
         return "long"
     elif field.type in ["object", "record", "struct"]:
@@ -82,14 +88,3 @@ def to_avro_type(field: Field, field_name: str) -> str | dict:
         return "null"
     else:
         return "bytes"
-
-
-def to_avro_logical_type(type: str) -> str:
-    if type in ["timestamp", "timestamp_tz"]:
-        return "timestamp-millis"
-    elif type in ["timestamp_ntz"]:
-        return "local-timestamp-millis"
-    elif type in ["date"]:
-        return "date"
-    else:
-        return ""
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.avsc b/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.avsc
index 5d2b5ebc..501de359 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.avsc
+++ b/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.avsc
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@
         {"name": "device_id", "type": "int"},
         {"name": "test_value", "type": "double"},
         {"name": "num_items", "type": "int"},
-        {"name": "processed_timestamp", 
-                 "type": "long",
-                 "doc": "The date the event was processed: for more info https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#Local+timestamp+%28microsecond+precision%29",
-                 "logicalType": "local-timestamp-micros"},
+        {"name": "processed_timestamp",
+                 "type": {
+                     "type": "long",
+                     "logicalType": "local-timestamp-micros"
+                 },
+                 "doc": "The date the event was processed: for more info https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#Local+timestamp+%28microsecond+precision%29"
+                 },
         {"name": "description", "type": "string"},
         {"name": "is_processed", "type": "boolean",
                   "default": false}  
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.yaml b/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.yaml
index b0d30648..758359db 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/avro/export/datacontract_logicalType.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ models:
         required: true
         description: 'The date the event was processed: for more info https://avro.apache.org/docs/current/spec.html#Local+timestamp+%28microsecond+precision%29'        
         config:
+          avroType: long
           avroLogicalType: local-timestamp-micros
       description:
         type: string
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/avro/export/orders_with_datefields.avsc b/tests/fixtures/avro/export/orders_with_datefields.avsc
index f1dea35b..d1447b60 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/avro/export/orders_with_datefields.avsc
+++ b/tests/fixtures/avro/export/orders_with_datefields.avsc
@@ -7,18 +7,24 @@
     {
       "name": "orderdate",
       "doc": "My Field",
-      "type": "int",
-      "logicalType": "date"
+      "type": {
+        "type": "int",
+        "logicalType": "date"
+      }
     },
     {
       "name": "order_timestamp",
-      "type": "long",
-      "logicalType": "timestamp-millis"
+      "type": {
+        "type": "long",
+        "logicalType": "timestamp-millis"
+      }
     },
     {
       "name": "delivery_timestamp",
-      "type": "long",
-      "logicalType": "local-timestamp-millis"
+      "type": {
+        "type": "long",
+        "logicalType": "local-timestamp-millis"
+      }
     },
     {
       "name": "orderid",