Case Study

Apparel Manufacturer Proves CAFTA Origin and Clears Every Passport Shipment

apparel manufacturer textile mill

Before Altana

An apparel manufacturer importing under CAFTA faced 27 repeat detentions that cost $30M in fees and reputational risk. Recurring CF-28s came from manual CAFTA verification and limited upstream visibility, and poor supplier traceability made origin hard to prove and shipments hard to qualify.

With Altana

With Altana Product Passports, the manufacturer shared verified supplier evidence with CBP before import, replacing reactive CF-28 responses. All 5 passport shipments cleared, with no issues or delays.
The same supplier evidence surfaced forced-labor risk across its supplier value chains and identified $516M in potential CAFTA duty savings.