General Policy for Export on an Item
Generally the Export policy on an item is one of the following:
Prohibited - Not permitted for Export. Licence will not be given in the normal course.
Restricted - Export is permitted under a licence granted by DGFT.
STE - Export allowed only through specified State Trading Enterprises subject to specific(STEs) conditions laid out in the FTP and also PARA 2.11 of the Import and Export Policy.