Content Porter 2009 SP2 failing to import a publication

Question

I have been Content Porting a project successfully until I reached the final publication, which is giving me an error. The import only gets to the preparing package phase when it fails and returns 'Unable to load Package Item's xml'. I am running Tridion SP1 with Content Porter SP2.

I have tried re-exporting to ensure that the file was not corrupted somehow, I have also tried exporting the publication individually and also with another publication. When I imported the file with both publications, the other publication imported flawlessly while the publication that had been giving me problems still failed with the same error. Any ideas?

7/9/2013 1:16:08 PM [Critical]  Unable to load Package Item's xml.   at Tridion.ContentManager.ImportExport.Packaging.PackageItem.set_ItemXml(String value)
   at Tridion.ContentManager.ImportExport.Packaging.Package.GetItem(WebDavUrl url)
   at Tridion.ContentManager.ImportExport.Packaging.Package.AddItemToTemporaryPackage(Item item, Package temporaryPackage, List`1 selectedItems, List`1 dependencyFilters)
   at Tridion.ContentManager.ImportExport.Packaging.Package.AddItemToTemporaryPackage(Item item, Package temporaryPackage, List`1 selectedItems, List`1 dependencyFilters)
   at Tridion.ContentManager.ImportExport.Packaging.Package.ApplyFilter(List`1 dependencyFilters, List`1 selectedItems, XmlDocument editedMappingsXml, ProgressChangedEventHandler handler, BackgroundWorker worker)
   at Tridion.ContentPorter.Models.ContentPorterModel.CreateTemporaryPackage(BackgroundWorker worker, DoWorkEventArgs eventArgs)
   at Tridion.ContentPorter.Models.ContentPorterModel.OnDoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: s

Answer 1

In my experience with Content Porter it's nearly always something to do with Keywords...

Double check your keywords and schemas have been imported into the correct level - (I'm assuming when you say you broke the export/import into chunks you mean schema/keywords, then design, then content, then website levels etc.)...

Check you don't have any local keywords that have a dependancy on a higher level category that doesn't exist - from memory I think this throws a 'not-so-clear' error.