Labourers work on piles of sugarcanes at a sugar refinery in Menghai county, Yunnan province December 6, 2011. China is expected to produce 12 million tonnes of sugar in the year that began in October, up 15 percent from a year earlier, but consumption is forecast at 14 million tonnes, leaving a shortfall of 2 million tonnes. Picture taken December 6, 2011. REUTERS/Wong Campion (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS)