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Article 1, Section 10 of the Constitution:
"No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress."
Unless congress passes a bill at the federal level, no state can impose a tax or duty on goods exported from or imported into that state. And if congress does pass it at the federal level, the revenues collected must be sent to Washington, not retained by the state.
Of course our government (federal or state) doesn't spend much time looking at the Constitution anymore anyway. The previous paragraph in that same section states, "No state shall ... make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts"
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