New Delhi, 17 July (NNS): the prices of average quality cumin went up by Rs 200 to Rs 22400/22600 per quintal because of the strong trend in the contract market. According to the traders, this increment in the prices is temporary and lack of demand, due to this reason, there is no possibility of long increment in the prices of cumin. China has dealt the biggest blow to the Indian cumin export market. Once the China was the biggest purchaser of Indian cumin, but now, it is now moving towards self dependency. Along with the new crop in the markets, both the traders and the stockist have huge amount of old stock, due to this, the supply showed increment as compared to the demand. There is no possibility of long up trend in the prices during the near future.