New Delhi, 28 April (NNS): The temperature has been started increasing in North India, due to this reason, the sale of dry ginger gets affected, due to this reason, the prices of dry ginger remained firm at Rs 28000 per quintal. Recently, the prices have gone down by Rs 500 per quintal. Both the arrivals and the prices held stable at the same level of the previous day in Kochi. The spot black pepper prices will not likely to increase during the near future.