September 2026Tradeisslowlybecomingmoreandmoredifficult.EUseemstobefollowingtheUSleadandaskingfordutytobeprepaid. Thisisgoingtoincreasepricesand the situation is still rather fluid.ShippingtotheUSAisnowpossibleagain.AllUSshipmentsarenowgoingtoincuraDDP(DeliveredDutyPaid)fee.Thisismadeupof5.3%duty,12.5% reciprocaltariff,5%dispersementfeeand$5administrationfee. Thetotalofthesechargesisslightlymorethan20%extraonthecostofproducts. Thisseems to be changing all the time and it is difficult to keep up with.We have decided to stop producing the original Kiwi-3P and will only make the Kiwi3P Matrix from now on.Due to demand we will continue with the Kiwi-8P. The cost to make the labels has increased a lot so I have had to increase the price slightly.The Kiwi-2 now works with the Roland Juno-1. I finally managed to find one and the new version 3 firmware supports this synth.