Trade compliance
Public-private collaboration for tariffs & trade compliance
Tariff changes and evolving trade regulations put pressure on margins. Altana transforms compliance from reactive to proactive by connecting importers, suppliers, and regulators on a shared network.
Verified Product Passports identify risks, ensure accurate duties and classifications, and pre-validate goods for faster clearance — reducing delays and maximizing cost predictability.
Altana and CBP are pioneering a new trade architecture
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Altana are building a modern trade infrastructure that enhances enforcement and accelerates border clearance for trusted importers.
Real-world results
Proactive trade compliance happens on the network
$5M+ Average detention costs avoided
$300M+ Average duty savings identified
8x Faster customs filing
A network solution
A common picture of products and risk factors help businesses and regulators communicate about tariffs
Understand tariff impacts and leverage AI to classify products, determine the appropriate country of origin, and interpret the rules of origin to quality for free trade agreements to submit to CBP.
Importers
Review flags for transshipment risk, and errors in classification, country of origin, or valuation of a product to easily spot tariff evasion and enforce policy.
Regulators
Respond to requests from importers for information and documents needed to show proof of qualification for free trade agreements.
Suppliers
Collaborate with importers to prep classification and country of origin for customs entries, while surfacing opportunities to lower tariffs by qualifying for free trade agreements.
Logistics providers
Tariff planning
Screen shipments for classification, origin, and valuation issues, and simulate duty impacts to optimize landed cost strategy.
Automated duty calculation
AI calculates accurate duty rates across complex tariff stacking rules.
Exposure insights
Identify and triage compliance risk hidden upstream in product value chains, including forced labor, broad sanctions, and more.
HS classification & origin validation
Classify products in seconds using AI and importer-LSP collaboration, and detect inaccuracies in country of origin declarations.
Supplier collaboration
Send traceability requests direct to suppliers and easily track the status to completion.
FTA qualification and filing
Check trade agreement and preference program qualification and submit claims to regulators through Product Passports.
Tariff and trade enforcement
Regulators can leverage AI to detect misrepresentation of classification, country of origin, valuation, and risk of transshipment.
Government collaboration
Submit Product Passports to regulators, collaborate to address issues, and clear borders quickly.
Testimonials
Hear what the community is saying about the only product network
“With Altana, we understand how changes in the regulatory and competitive landscape will affect our business. More importantly, Altana enables us to plan a dynamic strategy to grow our business and better serve our customers in a tumultuous trade environment.”
Eileen Smythe,
Vice President of Supply Chain, Arkema
Eileen Smythe,
Vice President of Supply Chain, Arkema
“Compliant value chains don’t exist in isolation. Altana and Maersk ensure our customers can harness the power of trusted supply and distribution networks — no matter where they operate.”
Lars Karlsson,
Global Head of Trade & Customs Consulting, Maersk
Lars Karlsson,
Global Head of Trade & Customs Consulting, Maersk
"Amid tariffs and trade disruption, Altana’s product network gives us the visibility, traceability, and collaboration to know that we are sourcing from the best partners."
Brendan Connallon,
VP of Finance, EQI
Brendan Connallon,
VP of Finance, EQI
“We’ve spent decades inventing, innovating, and delivering disruptive new defense technologies in support of the United States and its allies. We selected Altana because we need a trusted partner to help us reveal and manage our upstream value chains, ensure secure and compliant sourcing, and expand our technology capabilities across the world.”
Charles McVicker,
Vice President of Supply Chain, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
Charles McVicker,
Vice President of Supply Chain, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
“We chose Altana to help us understand, monitor, and improve the resilience of our multi-tier value chains in this volatile geopolitical and regulatory environment."
Mark Blake,
Former Manager, Customs & Trade, L.L.Bean
Mark Blake,
Former Manager, Customs & Trade, L.L.Bean
"Altana helped us rank companies by forced labor exposure, improving UFLPA enforcement and enabling significant targeting of Xinjiang-based companies.”
U.S. Law Enforcement Investigator
U.S. Law Enforcement Investigator