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Altana's customer base includes 8 of the 10 largest logistics providers in the world.
Altana has acquired Servo AI, a company that develops an AI platform for customs brokerage.
Altana's network connects government agencies like U.S. Customs and Border Protection with Fortune 1000 companies and their suppliers.
Agentic AI is expected to shift the business model for global logistics providers from transactional per-entry billing to higher-value services like supply chain compliance and resilience management.
Altana is building a "library of trusted goods" for the US government called the Altana Product Passport, which is a register of known and continuously monitored goods and their production pathways.
The United States has not reduced its dependency on China for manufacturing despite policy efforts to do so.
Chinese goods are being rerouted to the United States through third-party countries like Vietnam, Mexico, and Canada to circumvent direct tariffs.
China controls approximately 90% of the value chain components for autonomous systems like drones.
The US government has implemented FCC and import restrictions requiring that the logic and system controls for drones must be US-made or at least non-Chinese.
The US Department of Defense created the "Drone Dominance" program, which has committed billions of dollars to stimulate a domestic market for drone components.
The United States is in the process of creating a national stockpile of critical minerals and magnets.
In September, the United States ended the customs de minimis exemption, which previously allowed imports valued under $800 to enter without duties.