Export Folders as a New Catalogue

Hi,
I have a catalogue with all of my photos. I now want to take three folders out of that catalogue and creat a new catalogue with them. When I choose the three folders in Library and choose Export this folder as a new Catalogue, it will only export one folder of the three chosen.
If I create a new catalogue and import the files from their original location, they lose the keywords, etc.
How can I creat this new catalogue without losing my keywords, etc.?
Thank you,
Gloria

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