SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                           FORM 8-K/A
                        (AMENDMENT NO. 1)

                         CURRENT REPORT

             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                Date of Report (Date of Earliest
                 Event Reported):  March 9, 2001



               CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
       (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)




          New Jersey        1-1550       04-1923360
       (State or Other   (Commission   (IRS Employer
       Jurisdiction of   File Number) Identification No.)
        Incorporation)


         250 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


      Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                         (513) 784-8000


This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K is being filed to revise Item 5
because certain language was inadvertently omitted.  Item 5 is
hereby restated in its entirety.  The press release and credit
agreement referred to in the following Item 5 were filed as
exhibits to the original Form 8-K.

ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

     Reference  is made to the press release attached as  Exhibit
7(c)  99.1.   On  March  9,  2001, the Corporation's  subsidiary,
Chiquita   Brands,  Inc.,  consummated  a  $120  million   credit
facility,  including a $75 million term loan and  a  $45  million
revolving  credit facility.  The revolving credit  line  will  be
available  for  seasonal working capital needs and other  general
corporate  purposes.   The  facility  is  secured  by  liens   on
substantially  all  U.S.  assets of the  Borrower  and  its  U.S.
subsidiaries (other than those subsidiaries with their own credit
facilities),  as well as pledges of stock of, or  guarantees  by,
various  subsidiaries worldwide.  A copy of the Credit  Agreement
is attached as Exhibit 7(c) 10.1 to this Report.


                           SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  March 16, 2001      CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                              By:  /s/William A. Tsacalis
                                   --------------------------------
                                   William A. Tsacalis
                                   Vice President and Controller