EXHIBIT 23
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                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

   We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form
10-K of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. of our report dated March 19, 2002,
included in the 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders of Chiquita Brands
International, Inc.

   Our audits also included the financial statement schedules of Chiquita Brands
International, Inc. listed in Item 14(a).  These schedules are the
responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits.  In our opinion, the financial statement schedules
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein.

   We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the following
Registration Statements and related prospectuses of Chiquita Brands
International, Inc. of our report dated March 19, 2002, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
incorporated herein by reference, and our report included in the preceding
paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedules included in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.


                    Registration
       Form         No.                   Description
       ----         ------------          -----------

       S-3          33-58424              Dividend Reinvestment Plan
       S-8          33-2241               Chiquita Savings and Investment Plan
                    33-16801
                    33-42733
                    33-56572
                    333-39671
                    333-93517
       S-8          33-38147              Associate Stock Purchase Plan
       S-8          333-59063             1997 Amended and Restated Deferred
                                          Compensation Plan



/s/ Ernst and Young LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
March 19, 2002