New Delhi, 15July (NNS): the prices of cumin short constant down fall, after this, today, the prices of average quality cumin went up by Rs 200 to Rs 22000/22400 per quintal because of the strong futures. The prices of cumin showed temporary increment and there is a lack of demand support, due to this, there is no possibility of long increment in the prices. China is the biggest purchaser of Indian cumin, but the China has increased its production itself from the last some time, due to this reason, the demand of Indian stock went down by almost 50%. On seeing the increment in the prices of the previous year, the farmers have increased the production of cumin, due to this, the arrivals of new stock reported to be constant in the markets. Apart from this, old stock of cumin has been lying to both the traders and the stockists. Domestic spice companies and processors are purchasing the stock only as per their needs rather than aggressive stockpilling.