To enforce the prohibition of import of goods made with forced labour and avoid 12.5% additional tariffs proposed by the US, India had come out with detailed guidelines to identify such products. Through a Trade Notice, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade has inserted a paragraph in the Handbook of Procedures of the Foreign Trade policy (FTP) that empowers it to launch an investigation on its own or on receipt of complaint to determine whether goods imported into India have been produced fully or partially with forced labour.