New Accounting Standards (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Schedule of New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles

New accounting standards that could significantly affect our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are summarized as follows:

Issued	Description	Effective Date for Chiquita	Effect on Chiquita's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
April 2014 ASU 2014-08	Requires additional disclosures about changing the criteria for reporting discontinued operations if the disposal represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on an entity's operations	Prospectively, beginning January 1, 2015; early adoption permitted.	The Company has opted for early adoption, which did not have a significant effect on our financial results. Will continue to monitor the potential impact of this early adoption on future filings.
July 2013 ASU 2013-11	Requires unrecognized tax benefits to be presented as a decrease in net operating loss, similar tax loss or tax credit carryforward if certain criteria are met.	Prospectively, beginning January 1, 2014; early adoption permitted.	Adoption did not have a significant effect on the disclosure of our deferred taxes.