NOTE: U.S. state surface trade value equals imports to the U.S. destination
state, plus exports from the U.S. state of origin. The destination state reflects
the state of the importer of record, which may not always represent the final
physical destination of shipments. The U.S. state of origin typically reflects
the state where the goods were grown, manufactured, or otherwise produced. In
some instances, it may not reflect the actual state of physical origin. Shipments
for Hawaii are intermodal and are included in this dataset because a portion
of the shipment moves by a land mode from either its origin or final destination.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Transborder Surface Freight Data, as of January 2002.
