Is it possible to preserve metadata during sequential import and export? (like "updated" field)

The frontmatter spec Joplin uses is here - joplin/interop_with_frontmatter.md at dev · laurent22/joplin · GitHub

Unless it is listed as an item the field will be ignored on import.
There is a discussion already taking place about this here - Ability to add arbitrary properties to Note Properties, and hence Markdown frontmatter