You can Import Contacts from Yahoo Mail, Outlook.com, AOL or from other email providers. If you want to Import Contacts from a CSV/vCard file, you'll still have to switch to the old interface.
Google uses a third-party service called ShuttleCloud for importing contacts. "To continue, you'll need to give ShuttleCloud temporary access to your Contacts data, including names and email addresses," informs Google.
A**ther missing feature was restoring contacts. You can **w "restore your Contacts to any state within the past 30 days, recover deleted contacts, undo an import, or undo a merge."
Exporting Contacts and printing Contacts still require to go back to the old UI.