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2026 Gartner® report

Trade compliance is now a strategic function. Here is the roadmap to become trade-ready.

Rising enforcement, tariff volatility, and forced labor rules have pushed trade compliance out of the back office. Gartner's new research lays out five actions to transform the function into a source of profitable growth. Access your complimentary copy.

Gartner's case for transforming trade compliance.

Trade compliance failures increasingly expose organizations to financial penalties, supply chain disruption, and loss of market access. The old operating model was not built for this. Gartner's research shows what leading companies are building instead.

What's inside the report

  • Why teams organized around individual activities like classification, screening, and filings struggle to support the speed of today's business decisions.

  • How leading companies formally integrate trade compliance into sourcing, market entry, network design, cost modeling, and tariff strategy.

  • Gartner's coordinated action plan, including automating high-volume transactional tasks, plus success measures that span compliance effectiveness and business impact.

“Global trade compliance (GTC) organizations must evolve into the strategic advisors businesses need to drive profitable growth.”

Gartner, Accelerate Profitable Growth by Transforming Your Global Trade Compliance Function, Brian Whitlock, 9 June 2026.

From recommendation to reality

Automate the high-volume work.

Gartner's fourth recommended action is to accelerate investment in technology and data capabilities by automating high-volume transactional tasks. We believe that is exactly what Altana for Trade Compliance was built to do.

Altana's AI trade-readiness workflows classify products, determine origin, calculate duty, and screen suppliers in minutes. And every determination shows its work, with the rationale, rulings, and citations your auditors expect.

A seat earlier in the decision

Trade can shape better business choices. Altana brings the evidence.

Gartner describes trade compliance being elevated to a strategic partner that informs sourcing, market entry, and supply chain design decisions. Advising the business takes more than entry data.

Multi-tier value chain data reaches past Tier 1, drawn from Altana's Supply Chain Graph, the world's largest, most detailed view of how goods move across the globe. Your team guides decisions with evidence instead of estimates.

altana new system

Product Passports

Collaborate across the value chain.

Altana Product Passports are the digital key for trusted trade. They are a verified, shareable representation of a product's origin story — how it's sourced, manufactured, and moved across borders.

  • Buyers improve the visibility and traceability of products upstream.
  • Suppliers save time responding to buyer requests downstream.
  • Logistics providers consult with their importers to move goods efficiently.
  • Regulators pre-validate non-risky shipments before they reach the border.
Altana passport subscriber chain

The Altana difference

Turn trade compliance into a source of competitive advantage.

$500M Tariff savings identified by a major manufacturer across $4.2B in supplier spend

88% Reduced classification time at L.L.Bean, reclaiming 17+ workdays a year

$150M Avoided in repeat detentions

Want to see it in action?

Talk to an expert.

See how Altana keeps every product trade-ready from manufacture to classification to clearance. Get a personalized walkthrough from our team.

Gartner, Accelerate Profitable Growth by Transforming Your Global Trade Compliance Function, Brian Whitlock, 9 June 2026. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.
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