Global Study Finds Quantum Industry Dependent on Cross-Border Supply Chains

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• An international survey of 160 quantum companies finds that the industry relies heavily on cross-border suppliers, manufacturing and customers as commercialization advances.
• Ninety percent of respondents reported at least one foreign supplier and 74% reported at least one foreign customer, with a median of three countries in each category.
• The United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan were most frequently named as supplier and customer locations, while component suppliers generally sold into more countries than quantum systems developers.
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PRESS RELEASE — A new international survey of the quantum industry finds that the supply chains supporting quantum technologies are deeply global, with companies of every size relying on suppliers and customers across national borders. The survey included responses from 160 companies headquartered in 15 countries that reported suppliers in 36 countries, customers in 49 countries, and manufacturing locations in 25 countries.

The Global Quantum Supply Chain report maps where quantum companies source inputs, manufacture components and systems and reach customers. The effort brought together the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C®), European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC), Quantum Industry Canada (QIC), UK Quantum, Japan’s Quantum Strategic Industry Alliance for Revolution (Q-STAR), and Korea Quantum Industry Association (KQIA) with engagement across India’s quantum ecosystem.