Replicating a yearly mailbox structure into a new year

I have a mailbox structure that is based on a calendar year and within the year is a structure of folders (and nested folders) categorizing my messages. In other words under the category "ON MY MAC" I have a "2007 Mail" folder (which numerous nested folders) and a "2008 Mail" folder (again with nested folders). In past years I have manually replicated the structure into the New Year which is extremely time consuming.
In order to create the structure for the next year quickly, would it be possible to create a new folder in .../Library/Mail/Mailboxes/ called say, "2009 Mail" and then copy the contents from "2008 Mail" into it, then import the "2009 Mail" folder after which I could manually remove all the 2008 messages.
Sound crazy? Maybe!! .....but will it work?

Hi,
Is there any error message when
it fails to be moved? Any error event log in the Application log?
Thanks,
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