Easiest method for you mate ...

Login to ssh and do this ...

mysql -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD DATABASENAME < MYDATABASE.sql

instead of USERNAME put your username
instead of PASSWORD put your pass ofc
instead of DATABASENAME put your empty database that you created to import your data into
instead of MYDATABASE.sql put your .sql file name.

Good luck,
Ryan
But the file is stored locally on my computer. Its not on the VPS. Will the method stil work?

Thanks