Products such as confectionery, biscuits and juice products are experiencing double-digit growth in China and this consumer demand fuels an increase in the country’s sugar imports, according to a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report. According to this report China's sugar imports, traditionally around the one million tonnes mark, are forecast to rise to 1. 5 million tonnes in 2010-11.

China’s economy has grown fast in the last few decades, and the food and drink sector has seen a b...