New Zealand business has highlighted its concerns about the non-tariff barriers and RCEP will address these concerns through improved rules for goods trade, especially on customs procedures and some rules of origin, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and a specific mechanism to handle non-tariff barriers in future. This establishes a single set of trade and investment rules across all 15 countries, rather than a range of different rules which separate FTA partners, which has the potential to significantly reduce complexity and therefore compliance costs for exporters—for example, RCEP creates an expectation that the customs authority will release perishable goods, such as seafood, within six hours of arrival. RCEP will also improve existing market access for goods and especially services beyond those in our concluded FTAs. 