As a pivotal year for China sugar production 2026, Laibin, the nation’s “Sugar Capital,” has officially wrapped up its latest crushing season with a record-breaking output.
Guangxi is China’s largest sugarcane-producing region, accounting for approximately two-thirds of the country’s total sugar output.
Within Guangxi, the city of Laibin stands as a national key production base for sugarcane and has long been known as “China’s Sugar Capital.” As Guangxi’s second-largest sugar-producing area, Laibin alone contributes roughly one-tenth of China’s total sugar production.
On April 22, Laibin officially concluded its 2025/2026 crushing season, which ran for 151 days. Over the course of the season, a total of 10.8357 million tons of sugarcane were delivered to processing mills—an increase of 2.3704 million tons year-on-year. Sugar output also posted steady growth, reaching 1.4078 million tons, up 235,900 tons from the previous season.
One of the season’s standout achievements was the significant progress in mechanized harvesting. During the 2025/2026 season, 2.3884 million tons of sugarcane were harvested by machine, a sharp increase of 1.7016 million tons year-on-year. Mechanically harvested cane accounted for 22.04% of the total cane delivered to mills, marking a substantial jump from the previous season.
The average sugar content of Laibin’s sugarcane this season stood at 14.72%, with an average sugar extraction rate of 12.99%.
