Whole fruit, ground spice, planting seed and oil are separate products
The Spices Board identifies bishop's weed or ajwain as Trachyspermum ammi and describes the commercial part as the fruit. FSSAI's food standard likewise defines Ajowan as dried ripe fruits commonly called seeds. Ground spice changes particle-size and authenticity evidence, planting seed adds purity, germination and treatment requirements, and ajwain oil is a processed product with its own composition and use basis. Atlas keeps botanical identity, product form and intended use attached before comparing crop, quality, price or trade evidence.
Current Indian crop evidence is state-specific and provisional
The Spices Board's June 2026 table labels 2025/26 values as estimates. It records 46,190 hectares and 48,673 metric tons for Gujarat, 7,331 hectares and 7,986 metric tons for Madhya Pradesh, and 4,259 metric tons for Rajasthan. Those state rows are not a world total and do not establish harvested quality, stock availability, export supply or a particular lot's origin and condition. Atlas retains the state, crop period, estimate status and source date with every figure.
Food-standard limits do not replace lot inspection
FSSAI's Ajowan standard sets maximum moisture at 11 percent by weight, extraneous matter at 2 percent, and shrivelled, damaged, insect-damaged or broken fruit at 2 percent, with volatile oil at a minimum 1.5 percent volume by weight on a dry basis. It also requires characteristic aroma and freedom from mustiness, mould, insects, rodent contamination, added colour and harmful substances. A contract still needs the applicable jurisdiction, sampling and test methods, laboratory result, tolerances and agreed remedies.
Crop estimates and food standards are not a delivered physical price
A current delivered ajwain price requires a defined botanical and product identity, whole or ground style, food or planting use, origin and crop, lot-specific quality and analytical results, treatment and residue evidence, quantity, package, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window, freight and information vintage. Atlas keeps any physical-price output unsupported when permitted current lot and route observations or usage rights are missing.