Chiquita Brands International Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/02 – EX-23

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Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    272K 
 2: EX-4.(B)    Warrant Agreement                                     28    107K 
 3: EX-10.(B)   Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement         131    525K 
 4: EX-10.(E)   Form of Acquisition and Cancellation Agreement         6     24K 
 5: EX-10.(F)   Provisions of Agreement                                1      8K 
11: EX-10.(FF)  Provisions of Agreement                                1      7K 
 6: EX-10.(N)   Form of Stock Option Agreement                         2±    14K 
 7: EX-10.(P)   Form of Stock Option Agreement                         2±    13K 
 8: EX-10.(R)   Form of Stock Option Agreement                         2±    12K 
 9: EX-10.(T)   Form of Restricted Share Agreement                     2±    15K 
10: EX-10.(U)   Form of Restricted Share Agreement                     2±    11K 
12: EX-13       Annual Report                                       HTML    879K 
13: EX-21       Subsidiaries of Registrant                             2     14K 
14: EX-23       Consent of Independent Auditors                        1      9K 
15: EX-24       Powers of Attorney                                     2     13K 
16: EX-99.1     Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the           1      9K 
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EX-23   —   Consent of Independent Auditors

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                                                                      Exhibit 23

 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 February 11,    
2003, except for Notes 3, 8 and 11 for which the date is March 28, 2003,        
included in the 2002 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 15(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 Statement and related prospectus of Chiquita Brands International, 
Inc. of our report dated February 11, 2003, except for Notes 3, 8 and 11 for    
which the date is March 28, 2003, 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, 2002.                                               

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

    S-8            333-88514            2002 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP                                                           
Cincinnati, Ohio                                                                
March 28, 2003                                                                  

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘10-K’ Filing		Date		Other Filings
Filed on:		3/31/03		10-Q
		3/28/03
		2/11/03
For Period End:		12/31/02		11-K
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