10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

ý QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from  to

Commission file number 1-1550

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

New Jersey	04-1923360
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

550 South Caldwell Street

Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (980) 636-5000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý    No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	o	Accelerated filer	ý
Non-accelerated filer	o	Smaller reporting company	o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes  o    No  ý

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of August 4, 2014, there were 46,965,393 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I - Financial Information
Item 1 - Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	4
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow	6
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	40
Item 3 - Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	50
Item 4 - Controls and Procedures	51
PART II - Other Information
Item 1 - Legal Proceedings	52
Item 6 - Exhibits	52
Signature	53

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PART I – Financial Information

Item 1 – Financial Statements

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands, except per share data)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net sales	$	825,847		$	812,171		$	1,587,837		$	1,586,423
Cost of sales	716,307			693,346			1,401,559			1,372,497
Selling, general and administrative	57,708			62,484			117,558			116,261
Depreciation	13,089			13,455			26,588			27,082
Amortization	2,342			2,341			4,683			4,683
Equity in earnings of investees	(332		)	(72		)	(332		)	(72		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	—			41			460			258
Operating income	36,733			40,576			37,321			65,714
Interest income	641			775			1,305			1,507
Interest expense	(15,299		)	(14,778		)	(30,767		)	(29,342		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			—			(521		)	(6,275		)
Other income (expense), net	(242		)	1,568			(4,136		)	2,123
Income before income taxes	21,833			28,141			3,202			33,727
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,997		)	2,959			(9,969		)	(250		)
Net income (loss)	$	17,836		$	31,100		$	(6,767	)	$	33,477
Earnings (loss) per common share – basic	$	0.38		$	0.67		$	(0.14	)	$	0.72
Earnings (loss) per common share – diluted	$	0.37		$	0.66		$	(0.14	)	$	0.71

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net income (loss)	$	17,836		$	31,100		$	(6,767	)	$	33,477
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)	(1		)	(17		)	15			372
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—			252			—
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	(1		)	(17		)	267			372
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment	—			—			—			157
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			(561		)
Net other comprehensive loss related to available-for-sale investment	—			—			—			(404		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	4,441			(11,187		)	3,395			(2,125		)
Derivative losses reclassified into Net sales	1,020			6,582			2,047			15,214
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	(61		)	(2,151		)	(236		)	(4,990		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	5,400			(6,756		)	5,206			8,099
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of $0, $15, $(259) and $(130), respectively, of income tax expense (benefit)	(563		)	15			(905		)	(1,406		)
Amortization included in pension cost	296			338			596			676
Net other comprehensive gain (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	(267		)	353			(309		)	(730		)
	5,132			(6,420		)	5,164			7,337
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	22,968		$	24,680		$	(1,603	)	$	40,814

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share data)	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			June 30, 2013
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	54,513		$	54,017		$	66,968
Trade receivables, less allowances of $19,545, $19,602 and $18,122, respectively	271,895			252,068			302,725
Other receivables, net	60,575			56,273			68,486
Inventories	211,311			210,564			218,435
Prepaid expenses	39,139			49,733			41,466
Other current assets	7,396			6,540			18,837
Total current assets	644,829			629,195			716,917
Property, plant and equipment, net	399,862			390,773			393,840
Investments and other assets, net	109,747			108,077			88,173
Trademarks	426,085			426,085			426,085
Goodwill	18,095			18,095			18,095
Other intangible assets, net	82,229			86,913			91,596
Total assets	$	1,680,847		$	1,659,138		$	1,734,706
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	4,610		$	2,271		$	3,078
Accounts payable	251,579			248,273			273,784
Accrued liabilities	169,261			158,034			153,171
Total current liabilities	425,450			408,578			430,033
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	632,492			629,353			598,725
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	80,274			77,066			79,709
Deferred gain – sale of shipping fleet	—			6,290			13,356
Deferred tax liabilities	106,784			103,679			110,122
Other liabilities	59,593			59,734			88,047
Total liabilities	1,304,593			1,284,700			1,319,992
Commitments and contingencies	—			—			—
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value (46,916,600, 46,829,913 and 46,525,952 shares outstanding, respectively)	469			468			465
Capital surplus	843,082			839,664			838,056
Accumulated deficit	(446,678		)	(439,911		)	(390,619		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(20,619		)	(25,783		)	(33,188		)
Total shareholders' equity	376,254			374,438			414,714
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	1,680,847		$	1,659,138		$	1,734,706

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW (Unaudited)

	Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013
Cash provided (used) by:
OPERATIONS
Net income (loss)	$	(6,767	)	$	33,477
Depreciation and amortization	31,271			31,765
Loss on debt extinguishment	521			6,275
Amortization of discount on Convertible Notes	6,003			5,318
Amortization of gain on sale of the shipping fleet	(6,290		)	(6,848		)
Stock-based compensation	3,419			3,498
Changes in current assets and liabilities and other	10,026			(11,040		)
Operating cash flow	38,183			62,445
INVESTING
Capital expenditures	(25,322		)	(21,486		)
Other, net	(978		)	11,008
Investing cash flow	(26,300		)	(10,478		)
FINANCING
Issuances of long-term debt	—			429,415
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(10,896		)	(412,076		)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	24,000			36,590
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	(24,000		)	(36,590		)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	—			(40,000		)
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	(191		)	(13,364		)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	(300		)	—
Financing cash flow	(11,387		)	(36,025		)
Increase in cash and equivalents	496			15,942
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	54,017			51,026
Cash and equivalents, end of period	$	54,513		$	66,968

See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim financial statements of Chiquita Brands International, Inc., which we refer to as Chiquita, the company, we or us, have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto contained in our Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2013. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments unless otherwise noted, necessary for a fair statement of the results of the interim periods shown have been made. The results of operations for interim periods are subject to significant seasonal variations typical to the industry and are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

    See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information relating to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The December 31, 2013 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Note 2 – Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share ("EPS") are calculated as follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands, except per share amounts)	2014		2013		2014			2013
Net income (loss)	$	17,836	$	31,100	$	(6,767	)	$	33,477
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate basic EPS)	46,915		46,481		46,883			46,426
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards	1,212		835		—			769
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate diluted EPS)	48,127		47,316		46,883			47,195
Earnings (loss) per common share – basic	$	0.38	$	0.67	$	(0.14	)	$	0.72
Earnings (loss) per common share – diluted	$	0.37	$	0.66	$	(0.14	)	$	0.71

If we had generated net income for the six months ended June 30, 2014, an additional 1.2 million shares would have been added to basic weighted average common shares outstanding to calculate diluted EPS.

The assumed conversions to common stock of stock options, other stock awards and 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 ("Convertible Notes") are excluded from weighted average common shares outstanding used to calculate diluted EPS in periods when these items, on an individual basis, have an anti-dilutive effect on diluted EPS. For the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, the effect of the conversion of the Convertible Notes would have been anti-dilutive because the average trading price of the common stock was below the initial conversion price of $22.45 per share. In addition, certain stock options and other stock awards totaling 1.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, and 0.1 million and 1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted EPS because they were anti-dilutive. There were no anti-dilutive stock awards outstanding for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Note 3 – Strategic Combination with Fyffes plc

On March 10, 2014, we announced our intention to combine with Fyffes plc ("Fyffes") and entered into a transaction agreement for the proposed combination. Fyffes is a leading international importer and distributor of tropical produce, including bananas, pineapples and melons, with annual sales in excess of €800 million. Fyffes is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has operations in Europe, the U.S., Central and South America and has begun operations in Asia. Fyffes markets its produce under a variety of trademarks including the Fyffes® and Sol® brands and employs over 12,000 people worldwide.

In the proposed combination, Fyffes will become a wholly owned subsidiary of a new Irish holding company, ChiquitaFyffes plc ("ChiquitaFyffes"). Fyffes shareholders will receive 0.1567 of a ChiquitaFyffes ordinary share for each Fyffes share they hold and, upon completion of the combination, will own approximately 49.3% of ChiquitaFyffes ordinary shares, on a fully diluted basis. Chiquita will become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ChiquitaFyffes and Chiquita

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shareholders will receive one ChiquitaFyffes ordinary share for each Chiquita share that they hold and, upon completion of the combination, will own approximately 50.7% of ChiquitaFyffes ordinary shares, on a fully diluted basis. The combination is expected to result in operating synergies.

The proposed combination is expected to be completed before the end of 2014, but remains subject to shareholder approval by both Chiquita and Fyffes shareholders as well as remaining required regulatory approvals in the European Union and other jurisdictions. The special meeting of shareholders of Chiquita to approve the combination is currently scheduled for September 17, 2014.

The proposed combination will be accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting under the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805, with Chiquita determined to be the accounting acquirer.

The following preliminary purchase price calculation is based on the outstanding common shares of Fyffes plc, plus stock options expected to vest on or before the closing date, Chiquita's closing stock price on March 7, 2014 (the last trading day prior to the public announcement of the combination) and the latest practicable date prior to the filing of this Form 10-Q. The purchase price consideration could change materially and will ultimately be based on the closing date share price of Chiquita stock on the final date of the combination and the number of Fyffes stock options that will have vested by that date.

	March 7, 2014	August 4, 2014
Chiquita's closing share price	$10.84	$9.60
Preliminary purchase price consideration	$519 million	$460 million

In connection with the proposed combination, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant legal, advisory and other expenses, of which $3 million and $9 million were incurred and expensed during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. The transaction agreement also provides for equal cost-sharing of fees between Chiquita and Fyffes relating to obtaining regulatory approvals. In the transaction agreement related to the proposed combination, we made customary representations and warranties, and agreed to customary covenants limiting our ability to, among other things: issue shares of capital stock; pay dividends; repurchase, redeem or acquire capital stock; redeem, repurchase, prepay or incur indebtedness; enter into, terminate or amend existing material contracts; enter into employment or severance agreements with certain employees; acquire equity interests or assets of third parties; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; and conduct restructuring or reorganization activities.

Note 4 – Restructuring

In August 2012, we announced a restructuring plan to transform the company into a branded commodity operator. The restructuring plan was designed to reduce costs and improve our competitive position by focusing our resources on the banana and salad businesses, reducing investment in non-core products, reducing overhead and manufacturing cost and limiting consumer marketing activities. In connection with this restructuring plan, we eliminated approximately 300 positions worldwide and incurred $18 million of restructuring costs, including $11 million of severance and $5 million of impairments primarily related to fixed assets and certain promotional and packaging materials. The restructuring was substantially complete at December 31, 2012. At June 30, 2014 we had a remaining severance accrual of less than $1 million related to severance payments to the former chief executive officer.

Due to the restructuring plan and related reductions of investment in non-core products, we also sold one of our European healthy snacking businesses in the second quarter of 2013. The business was sold for €3 million ($4 million) resulting in a gain of $2 million recognized in "Other income (expense), net" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. This business represented approximately $12 million in annual net sales and had an insignificant effect on operating income.

In the first quarter of 2014, we disposed of another non-core healthy snacking business in Europe, resulting in a loss of $3 million, which was recorded in “Other income (expense), net.” Of this loss, $1 million related to cash payments upon disposal. This business represented approximately $2 million in annual net sales and had an insignificant effect on operating income.

Note 5 – Trade and Finance Receivables

TRADE RECEIVABLES

Our primary markets are in North America and Europe, but we also have sales in the Middle East and other markets. The majority of our sales in the Middle East are in Iran under license from the U.S. government that allows sale of food products to non-sanctioned parties. Sales to Iranian customers are in U.S. dollars and represent $12 million, $17 million and $18 million of "Trade receivables, less allowances" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013

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and June 30, 2013, respectively. Even though the sales in Iran are permitted, the international sanctions against Iran affected the ability of certain Iranian customers to pay invoices within terms because it became difficult for them to obtain U.S. dollars, euros or other suitable currencies in sufficient quantity on a regular basis. Over the course of 2012, our receivable balance with these customers increased, and we established payment plans with each of these customers to reduce their balances. Certain customers have so far been able to find acceptable methods of payment to comply with their payment plans. However, some customers have not, and as a result, we recorded a reserve of $9 million in 2012, with an additional $2 million in 2013 as a result of further delinquency and other repayment risk. We source bananas from the Philippines for sale in the Middle East under a committed-volume, long term purchase contract with a former joint venture partner through 2016. To mitigate risk, we have reduced the amount of volume being sent to the Middle East and have developed other Middle Eastern markets. However, Iran remains an important market for our Philippine-sourced bananas.

FINANCE RECEIVABLES

Finance receivables were as follows:

	June 30, 2014					December 31, 2013					June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Grower Receivables			Seller Financing		Grower Receivables			Seller Financing		Grower Receivables			Seller Financing
Gross receivable	$	34,012		$	25,327	$	35,761		$	27,127	$	37,251		$	28,858
Reserve	(32,777		)	—		(32,877		)	—		(33,904		)	—
Net receivable	$	1,235		$	25,327	$	2,884		$	27,127	$	3,347		$	28,858
Current portion, net	$	1,235		$	4,148	$	2,884		$	3,990	$	3,347		$	3,837
Long-term portion, net	—			21,179		—			23,137		—			25,021
Net receivable	$	1,235		$	25,327	$	2,884		$	27,127	$	3,347		$	28,858

Activity in the reserve for grower receivables is as follows:

(In thousands)	2014			2013
Reserve at beginning of year	$	32,877		$	36,854
Charged to costs and expenses	—			26
Recoveries	—			(51		)
Foreign exchange and other	—			1
Reserve at March 31	$	32,877		$	36,830
Charged to costs and expenses	—			35
Recoveries	(100		)	(51		)
Write-offs	—			(2,910		)
Foreign exchange and other	—			—
Reserve at June 30	$	32,777		$	33,904

Seasonal advances may be made to certain qualified growers of other produce, which are normally collected as the other produce is harvested and sold. We generally require asset liens and pledges of the season's produce as collateral to support these advances. If sales of the season's produce do not result in full repayment of the advance, we may exercise the collateral provisions or renegotiate the terms, including terms of interest, to collect the remaining balance.

The gross grower receivable balance includes $29 million, $29 million and $30 million (all of which were classified as long-term) related to a Chilean grower of grapes and other produce as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively. In 2011, we fully reserved the advances made to this Chilean grower, who was declared bankrupt later that year. We continue to aggressively negotiate recovery.

We provided seller financing in the 2009 sale of the former joint venture that sourced bananas and pineapples from the Philippines for sale in the Middle East and Asia. The financing for the sale of this joint venture is a note that is receivable in equal installments through 2019. As of June 30, 2014, payments are current on this note receivable.

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Note 6 – Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		June 30, 2013
Finished goods	$	69,411	$	69,450	$	67,908
Growing crops	74,356		74,985		78,951
Raw materials, supplies and other	67,544		66,129		71,576
	$	211,311	$	210,564	$	218,435

Note 7 – Debt including Capital Lease Obligations

The carrying values of our debt represent amortized cost and are summarized below with estimated fair values:

	June 30, 2014					December 31, 2013					June 30, 2013
	Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1		Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1		Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1
(In thousands)
7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2021	$	412,325		$	455,000	$	422,174		$	459,000	$	422,028		$	445,000
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016	170,053			200,000		164,050			194,000		158,400			192,000
ABL Term Loan	5,625			5,000		6,375			6,000		7,125			7,000
Capital lease obligations2	42,558			42,000		39,025			39,000		14,250			14,000
Other debt	6,541			6,000		—			—		—			—
Less current portion	(4,610		)			(2,271		)			(3,078		)
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	632,492				$	629,353				$	598,725

¹  The fair value of the senior notes is based on observable inputs, which include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market and market-corroborated inputs (Level 2). All other debt may be traded on the secondary loan market, and the fair value is based on either the last available trading price, if recent, or trading prices of comparable debt (Level 3). See Note 9 for further discussion of fair value.

² Capital lease obligations include the borrowings for the salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest. See further description of the build-to-suit lease below.

7.875% SENIOR SECURED NOTES

In February 2013, Chiquita Brands International, Inc. ("CBII") and its main operating subsidiary, Chiquita Brands L.L.C. ("CBL"), completed the offering of $425 million of 7.875% senior secured notes due February 1, 2021 ("7.875% Notes"). The notes were issued at 99.274% of par, resulting in a recorded discount that will be amortized over the life of the 7.875% Notes to reflect the effective interest rate of 8.0%. The 7.875% Notes were registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission through an exchange offer on January 6, 2014, which was completed on February 4, 2014. The 7.875% Notes bear interest of 7.875% per year (payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year). On January 31, 2014, we redeemed $10 million of the 7.875% Notes at 103% of the principal amount (plus interest to the redemption date), incurring less than $1 million of expense in 2014 for call premiums and deferred financing fee write-offs.

4.25% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES

Our $200 million of 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 ("Convertible Notes") are convertible at an initial conversion rate of 44.5524 shares of common stock per $1,000 in principal amount, equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $22.45 per share of common stock. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment based on certain dilutive events, including stock splits, stock dividends and other distributions (including cash dividends) in respect of the common stock. Holders of the Convertible Notes may tender their notes for conversion between May 15 and August 14, 2016, in multiples of $1,000 in principal amount, without limitation. Prior to May 15, 2016, holders of the Convertible Notes may tender the notes for conversion only under certain circumstances, in accordance with their terms.

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The carrying amounts of the debt and equity components of the Convertible Notes are as follows:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			June 30, 2013
Principal amount of debt component1	$	200,000		$	200,000		$	200,000
Unamortized discount	(29,947		)	(35,950		)	(41,600		)
Net carrying amount of debt component	$	170,053		$	164,050		$	158,400
Equity component	$	84,904		$	84,904		$	84,904
Issuance costs and income taxes	(3,210		)	(3,210		)	(3,210		)
Equity component, net of issuance costs and income taxes	$	81,694		$	81,694		$	81,694

¹  As of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, the Convertible Notes' "if-converted" value did not exceed their principal amount because our common stock price was below the conversion price of the Convertible Notes.

The interest expense related to the Convertible Notes was as follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
4.25% coupon interest	$	2,125	$	2,125	$	4,250	$	4,250
Amortization of deferred financing fees	117		117		235		235
Amortization of discount on the debt component	3,046		2,699		6,003		5,318
Total interest expense related to the Convertible Notes	$	5,288	$	4,941	$	10,488	$	9,803

ASSET-BASED LENDING FACILITY

CBII and CBL also entered into a 5-year secured asset-based lending facility ("ABL Facility") concurrently with the closing of the 7.875% Notes offering on February 5, 2013. The ABL Facility consists of a revolver (the "ABL Revolver") and a $7.5 million term loan (the "ABL Term Loan"). The ABL Facility matures at the earlier of February 5, 2018 or 60 days prior to the maturity of the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due August 15, 2016, unless such notes have been satisfactorily refinanced. The ABL Term Loan requires annual repayments of approximately $2 million. A consent was obtained on March 10, 2014 to facilitate the combination with Fyffes as described in Note 3.

The ABL Facility has a maximum borrowing capacity of $150 million, with the ABL Revolver subject to a borrowing base calculation based on specified percentages of domestic receivables, certain inventory and certain domestic machinery and equipment.

At June 30, 2014, there were no borrowings under the ABL Revolver, under which $92 million was available after $24 million was used to support letters of credit.

Loans under the ABL Facility bear interest at:

• A rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin of from 1.75% to 2.25%, or Base Rate plus a margin of from 0.25% to 0.75%, determined based on levels of borrowing availability reset each fiscal quarter;

• In the case of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line, a rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin from 2.25% to 2.75%, or Base Rate plus a margin of from 0.75% to 1.25%, determined based on levels of borrowing availability reset each fiscal quarter; and

• In the case of the ABL Term Loan, a rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin from 2.75% to 3.25%, or Base Rate plus a margin of from 1.25% to 1.75%, determined based on levels of borrowing availability reset each fiscal quarter.

At June 30, 2014, the weighted average interest rate for the ABL Facility was LIBOR plus 2.75%, or 2.90%.

The ABL Facility contains a fixed charge coverage ratio covenant that only becomes applicable when excess availability (as defined under such facility) is less than $20 million. The ABL Facility also contains a covenant requiring CBII and its subsidiaries to maintain substantially all of its cash in accounts that are subject to the control of the collateral agent under the ABL Facility which only becomes applicable when (a) an event of default under the facility occurs and is continuing or (b) excess availability (as defined under such facility) is less than $25 million.

The ABL facility also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on CBII and its subsidiaries' ability to incur indebtedness, create or permit the existence of liens over their assets, engage in certain mergers, asset sales and liquidations, prepay certain indebtedness, pay dividends and other "restricted payments," and engage in transactions with their affiliates, in each case subject to customary exceptions. At June 30, 2014, we were in compliance with the ABL and its other agreements and expect to remain in compliance for at least the next twelve months.

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BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE FOR MIDWEST SALAD PLANT CONSOLIDATION

In June 2012, we entered into a 20-year lease agreement for a salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest that replaced three existing facilities in the region. The lease agreement contains two5-year extension periods. The plant was phased into service during 2013, and the construction costs were finalized on March 31, 2014 resulting in an interest rate of 6.3% to calculate the capital lease liability and future payments. Lease payments will increase annually based on CPI. The total liability related to this facility was $42 million, $38 million and $39 million at June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively, of which approximately $1 million was current at each of those dates. At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, this liability was included as a capital lease obligation on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Though the construction costs were financed by the lessor, we acted as the construction agent and were responsible for all construction activity during the construction period because of the specialized nature of the facility. As a result, we were treated as the owner for accounting purposes during the construction period, resulting in $2 million and $23 million of the liability being included in "Accrued liabilities" and "Other liabilities," respectively, on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2013 for the obligation related to assets that had not yet been placed into service.

OTHER DEBT

In the first quarter of 2014, we purchased a group of banana farms in Honduras that were adjacent to farms that we already owned. The purchase included approximately 700 hectares of land, of which nearly 450 hectares are in production, as well as related buildings and equipment. The purchase price was $10 million, of which $3 million, which is included in "Investing: Other, net" in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, was paid at closing and the remaining $7 million was financed by the sellers. Our debt to the sellers is payable in annual installments over four years. The agreement did not specify an interest rate, and we calculated the debt balance using the effective rate method and an estimated interest rate of 8%.

Note 8 – Hedging

Derivative instruments are carried at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. For derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gains or losses is deferred as a component of "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)" ("AOCI") and reclassified into net income in the same period during which the hedged transaction affects net income. Gains and losses on derivatives representing hedge ineffectiveness are recognized in net income (loss) currently. See further information regarding fair value measurements of derivatives in Note 9.

To manage its exposure to exchange rates on the conversion of euro-based revenue into U.S. dollars, we use average rate euro put options, average rate collars (a purchased average rate euro put option paired with a sold average rate euro call option) and average rate euro forward contracts. In some cases, we may enter into an average rate euro put and an average rate euro call at the same strike rate (a "synthetic average rate forward") to effectively lock in the exchange rate of the notional amount similar to an average rate euro forward. Average rate euro put options require an upfront premium payment and reduce the risk of a decline in the value of the euro without limiting the benefit of an increase in the value of the euro. Average rate euro call options sold by us require an upfront premium payment to be received from the counterparty and limit the benefit of an increase in the value of the euro without limiting the risk of a decline in the value of the euro. Average rate forward contracts lock in the value of the euro and do not require an upfront premium. These instruments are designated as cash flow hedges. At June 30, 2014, the amount of unrealized net losses on our currency hedging portfolio that would be reclassified to net income, if realized in the next twelve months, is $1 million; these net losses were deferred in "AOCI."

In connection with the February 2013 debt refinancing further discussed in Note 7, certain of our hedging counterparties that were members of the previous Credit Facility were no longer participants in the ABL Facility. Upon consummation of the ABL Facility on February 5, 2013, we transferred all outstanding hedge positions with former Credit Facility members to lenders under the ABL Facility. The transferred positions included approximately €71 million notional amount of euro call and put options that matured during the first three quarters of 2013. The change in counterparty is a change in a critical term resulting in termination of hedge accounting at the transfer date. Due to technical accounting requirements, these specific option contracts did not qualify to be re-designated as cash flow hedges at the transfer date. Therefore, the decline in fair value of these options through the transfer date was deferred in AOCI until the hedged transaction occurred because the related hedged cash flows remained probable of occurrence. However, unrealized changes in fair value after the transfer date were recognized currently in "Net sales."

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Loss of hedge accounting did not affect the put and call options' purpose of reducing the volatility inherent in exchanging euro-based revenue into U.S. dollars or change the ultimate earnings or cash flow recognized upon settlement of each position. However, loss of hedge accounting resulted in unintended volatility of earnings for the first, second and third quarters of 2013 as the fair market value adjustments after the transfer date was recognized in "Net sales." Ultimately, for the year ended December 31, 2013, the effect on earnings was the same as if we had maintained hedge accounting. Activity related to the transferred positions at June 30, 2013 was as follows:

	Six months ended June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Realized Losses Recorded in "Net sales"			Unrealized Gains (Losses) Recorded in "Net sales"			Losses Deferred in AOCI at June 30, 2013
€25 million purchased euro put option settled in Q1 2013	$	—		$	—		$	—
€25 million sold euro call option settled in Q1 2013	(620		)	—			—
€19 million purchased euro put option to settle in Q2 2013	—			—			—
€19 million sold euro call option to settle in Q2 2013	(507		)	—			—
€27 million purchased euro put options to settle in Q3 2013	—			(73		)	(1,447		)
€27 million sold euro call options to settle in Q3 2013	—			1,750			(1,083		)
	$	(1,127	)	$	1,677		$	(2,530	)

In the quarter ended June 30, 2013, we recorded realized losses of $1 million and unrealized losses of $2 million in "Net sales" related to the transferred positions.

Most of our foreign operations use the U.S. dollar as their functional currency. As a result, balance sheet translation adjustments due to currency fluctuations are recognized currently in "Cost of sales." To reduce the resulting volatility, we also enter into 30-day euro forward contracts each month to economically hedge the net monetary assets exposed to euro exchange rates. These 30-day euro forward contracts are not designated as hedging instruments, and gains and losses on these forward contracts are recognized currently in "Cost of sales" as follows:

	Quarter ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Gains (losses) on 30-day euro forward contracts	$	471		$	(1,678	)	$	259		$	264
Losses from fluctuations in the value of the net monetary assets exposed to euro exchange rates	(1,595		)	(830		)	(3,946		)	(5,052		)

We also enter into bunker fuel forward contracts for our shipping operations, which permit us to lock in fuel purchase prices for up to three years and thereby minimize the volatility that changes in fuel prices could have on our operating results. These bunker fuel forward contracts are designated as cash flow hedging instruments. At June 30, 2014, the amount of unrealized net gains on our bunker fuel hedging portfolio that would be reclassified to net income, if realized, in the next twelve months is $1 million; these net gains were deferred in "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)."

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At June 30, 2014, our hedge portfolio was comprised of the following outstanding positions:

	Notional Amount	Contract Average Rate/Price	Settlement Period
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Currency derivatives:
Purchased euro put options	€87 million	$1.33/€	2014
Sold euro call options	€87 million	$1.39/€	2014
Average rate forward contracts	€64 million	$1.36/€	2014
Purchased euro put options	€113 million	$1.36/€	20151
Sold euro call options	€113 million	$1.40/€	20151
Average rate forward contracts	€14 million	$1.38/€	20151
3.5% Rotterdam Barge fuel derivatives:
Bunker fuel forward contracts	43,266 mt	$592/mt	2014
Bunker fuel forward contracts	59,800 mt	$556/mt	20151
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
30-day euro forward contracts	€49 million	$1.36/€	July 2014

¹  Settlement periods for bunker fuel forward contracts and currency derivatives are through September 2015 and June 2015, respectively.

Activity related to our derivative assets and liabilities designated as hedging instruments is as follows:

	2014						2013
(In thousands)	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts
Balance at beginning of year	$	(5,014	)	$	988		$	(23,215	)	$	8,572
Realized (gains) losses included in net income	1,229			(175		)	5,601			(2,839		)
Transfers1	—			—			7,638			—
Purchases, net2	277			—			541			—
Changes in fair value	(323		)	(1,447		)	6,310			1,888
Balance at March 31	$	(3,831	)	$	(634	)	$	(3,125	)	$	7,621
Realized (gains) losses included in net income	1,414			(61		)	4,766			(2,151		)
Purchases, net 2	—			—			62			—
Changes in fair value	1,906			1,641			(5,142		)	(7,673		)
Balance at June 30	$	(511	)	$	946		$	(3,439	)	$	(2,203	)

¹  Represents the fair value at the transfer date of positions where hedge accounting was terminated. See discussion above.

²  Purchases (sales) represent the cash premiums paid upon the purchase of euro put options or received upon the sale of euro call options. Bunker fuel and currency forward contracts require no up-front cash payment and have an initial fair value of zero; settlements on the forward contracts (swaps) occur upon their maturity.

Deferred net gains (losses) in "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)" at June 30, 2014 are expected to be reclassified into income as follows (in thousands):

Expected Period of Recognition	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total
2014	$	(1,398	)	$	(117	)	$	(1,515	)
2015	38			1,029			1,067
	$	(1,360	)	$	912		$	(448	)

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The following tables summarize the effect of our derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments on OCI and earnings:

	Quarter ended June 30, 2014									Quarter ended June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total			Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)	$	2,694		$	1,747		$	4,441		$	(4,881	)	$	(6,306	)	$	(11,187	)
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion)1	(1,020		)	61			(959		)	(6,582		)	2,151			(4,431		)
Loss recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion)1	—			(107		)	(107		)	—			(1,367		)	(1,367		)

	Six months ended June 30, 2014									Six months ended June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total			Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)	$	2,774		$	621		$	3,395		$	1,683		$	(3,808	)	$	(2,125	)
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion)1	(2,047		)	236			(1,811		)	(15,214		)	4,990			(10,224		)
Loss recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion)1	—			(428		)	(428		)	—			(1,977		)	(1,977		)

¹  Both the gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion) and the gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion, if any) are included in "Net sales" for the currency hedge portfolio and "Cost of sales" for bunker fuel forward contracts.

Note 9 – Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is the price to hypothetically sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly manner in the principal market for that asset or liability. Accounting standards prioritize the use of observable inputs in measuring fair value. The level of a fair value measurement is determined entirely by the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement. The three levels are (from highest to lowest):

Level 1 – observable prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

Level 2 – observable inputs other than quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, which include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market and market-corroborated inputs; and

Level 3 – unobservable inputs.

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The following table summarizes financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value, including derivative instruments on a gross basis, and the location of these instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013:

		Assets (Liabilities)			Fair Value Measurements Using
(In thousands)		at Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
June 30, 2014
Derivatives recorded in "Other current assets":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	$	1,259		$	—	$	1,259		$	—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(1,171		)	—		(1,171		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	830			—		830			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(14		)	—		(14		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(84		)	—		(84		)	—
Net amount recorded in other current assets		820			—		820			—
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	293			—		293			—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		293			—		293			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	2,482			—		2,482			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,081		)	—		(3,081		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	322			—		322			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(476		)	—		(476		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(254		)	—		(254		)	—
Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities		(1,007		)	—		(1,007		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(10		)	—		(10		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(10		)	—		(10		)	—
June 30, 2014		$	96		$	—	$	96		$	—
December 31, 2013
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	$	(220	)	—		$	(220	)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	953			—		953			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(100		)	—		(100		)	—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		633			—		633			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,250			—		1,250			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(5,947		)	—		(5,947		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	778			—		778			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(643		)	—		(643		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	245			—		245			—
Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities		(4,317		)	—		(4,317		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	833			—		833			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(930		)	—		(930		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(97		)	—		(97		)	—
December 31, 2013		$	(3,781	)	$	—	$	(3,781	)	$	—

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		Assets (Liabilities)			Fair Value Measurements Using
(In thousands)		at Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
June 30, 2013
Derivatives recorded in "Other current assets":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	$	2,974		$	—	$	2,974		$	—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(2,227		)	—		(2,227		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	569			—		569			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(34		)	—		(34		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	206			—		206			—
Net amount recorded in other current assets		1,488			—		1,488			—
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	137			—		137			—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		137			—		137			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,194			—		1,194			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(5,638		)	—		(5,638		)	—
Currency hedge portfolio2	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	25			—		25			—
Currency hedge portfolio2	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(883		)	—		(883		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,531			—		1,531			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(1,005		)	—		(1,005		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	227			—		227			—
	Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities	(4,549		)	—		(4,549		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	221			—		221			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(100		)	—		(100		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	43			—		43			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,307		)	—		(3,307		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(3,143		)	—		(3,143		)	—
June 30, 2013		$	(6,067	)	$	—	$	(6,067	)	$	—

¹ Currency hedge portfolio positions designated as cash flow hedges.

² Currency hedge portfolio positions not designated as hedging instruments.

Except as described in Note 8, currency hedge portfolio and bunker fuel forward contracts are designated as hedging instruments. 30-day euro forward contracts are not designated as hedging instruments. To the extent derivatives in an asset position and derivatives in a liability position are with the same counterparty, they are netted in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets because we enter into master netting arrangements with each of our hedging partners.

We value fuel hedging positions by applying an observable discount rate to the current forward prices of identical hedge positions. We value currency hedging positions by utilizing observable or market-corroborated inputs such as exchange rates, volatility and forward yield curves. We trade only with counterparties that meet certain liquidity and creditworthiness standards and do not anticipate non-performance by any of these counterparties. We do not require collateral from its counterparties, nor are we obligated to provide collateral when contracts are in a liability position. However, consideration of non-performance risk is required when valuing derivative instruments, and we include an adjustment for non-performance risk in the recognized measure of derivative instruments to reflect the full credit default spread ("CDS") applied to a net exposure by counterparty. When there is a net asset position, we use the counterparty's CDS; when there is a net liability position, we use our own estimated CDS. CDS is generally not a significant input in measuring fair value and was not significant for any of our derivative instruments in any period presented. See further discussion and tabular disclosure of hedging activity in Note 8.

Financial instruments not carried at fair value consist of our debt. See further fair value discussion and tabular disclosure related to debt in Note 7.

Fair value measurements of benefit plan assets included in net benefit plan liabilities are based on quoted market prices in active markets (Level 1) or quoted prices in inactive markets (Level 2). The carrying amounts of cash and equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables including current and non-current finance receivables and accounts payable approximate fair value. Level 3 fair value measurements are used in certain non-recurring items, including the impairment reviews of goodwill

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and intangible assets, which take place annually during the fourth quarter, or as circumstances indicate the possibility of impairment. Level 3 fair value measurements are also used in measuring non-recurring items, including impairments related to long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable.

Note 10 – Pension and Severance Benefits

Net pension expense from our defined benefit and severance plans are primarily comprised of severance plans covering Central American employees and consists of the following:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Service cost	$	1,855		$	1,864		$	3,710		$	3,728
Interest on projected benefit obligation	1,440			1,297			2,830			2,594
Expected return on plan assets	(341		)	(331		)	(671		)	(663		)
Recognized actuarial loss	264			306			532			612
Amortization of prior service cost	32			32			64			64
Defined benefit and severance plan expense	$	3,250		$	3,168		$	6,465		$	6,335

Note 11 – Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Gains and losses deferred in "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)" ("AOCI") are reclassified and recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations when they are realized. The items in the table below do not have an income tax effect because they are either permanent differences in the income tax calculation or they relate to jurisdictions where we have established full valuation allowances against our deferred tax assets. Amounts of (income) expense reclassified from AOCI are as follows (in thousands):

AOCI Component	Line Items Affected by Reclassifications from AOCI in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	(Income) / expense reclassified from AOCI for the quarter ended June 30,						(Income) / expense reclassified from AOCI for the six months ended June 30,
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Currency translation	Other income (expense), net	$	—		$	—		$	252		$	—
Available-for-sale investment	Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			(561		)
Currency hedge portfolio derivatives	Net sales	1,020			6,582			2,047			15,214
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Cost of sales	(61		)	(2,151		)	(236		)	(4,990		)
Prior service cost and recognized actuarial loss amortization related to pensions*		296			338			596			676

* These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost. See Note 10 for further details.

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The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014 were as follows:

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	(201	)	$	(5,848	)	$	(19,702	)	$	(25,751	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(1		)	4,441			(563		)	3,877
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			959			296			1,255
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	(1		)	5,400			(267		)	5,132
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(202	)	$	(448	)	$	(19,969	)	$	(20,619	)

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	(469	)	$	(5,654	)	$	(19,660	)	$	(25,783	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	15			3,395			(905		)	2,505
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	252			1,811			596			2,659
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	267			5,206			(309		)	5,164
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(202	)	$	(448	)	$	(19,969	)	$	(20,619	)

⁽¹⁾Net of deferred tax liability of $271, $271, and $530 as of June 30, 2014, March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2013 were as follows:

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment		Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	264		$	(1,702	)	$	—	$	(25,330	)	$	(26,768	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(17		)	(11,187		)	—		15			(11,189		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			4,431			—		338			4,769
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(17		)	(6,756		)	—		353			(6,420		)
Balance at June 30, 2013	$	247		$	(8,458	)	$	—	$	(24,977	)	$	(33,188	)

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(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	(125	)	$	(16,557	)	$	404		$	(24,247	)	$	(40,525	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	372			(2,125		)	157			(1,406		)	(3,002		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			10,224			(561		)	676			10,339
Net current-period other comprehensive income	372			8,099			(404		)	(730		)	7,337
Balance at June 30, 2013	$	247		$	(8,458	)	$	—		$	(24,977	)	$	(33,188	)

⁽¹⁾Net of deferred tax liability of $153, $138 and $283 as of June 30, 2013, March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Note 12 – Income Taxes

The effective tax rates were 16.8% and (10.5)% for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and 191.6% and 0.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. We record income taxes using an estimated annual effective tax rate for interim reporting. Under the annual effective tax rate method, jurisdictions with a projected loss where no tax benefit can be recognized are excluded from the calculation of the estimated annual effective tax rate.

The effective tax rates for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were impacted by the mix in earnings among domestic and foreign jurisdictions, losses in various jurisdictions and certain discrete items. Many of these foreign jurisdictions have tax rates that are lower than the U.S. statutory rate, and we continue to maintain full valuation allowances on net deferred tax assets in certain of these foreign jurisdictions. The effective tax rates for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were also impacted by our continuing to maintain a full valuation allowance on U.S. net deferred tax assets. In the quarter ended June 30, 2013, we recorded out of period adjustments including $3 million of income tax benefit related to 2012 and 2011. These corrections had an insignificant effect on all affected annual and quarterly periods and financial statement line items based on a quantitative and qualitative evaluation.

As previously disclosed, the tax authority in Ecuador is challenging the transfer pricing practices of major banana exporters and has assessed $23 million of income taxes, penalties and interest related to transfer pricing from 2008 through 2010 and $5 million of statutorily required profit sharing related to transfer pricing from 2010. Other tax years remain open and under audit and may result in additional assessments before the matter is resolved. We believe appropriate transfer pricing was used and that more likely than not, we will succeed upon appeal. Therefore, we do not have unrecognized tax benefits related to this matter.

Note 13 – Advertising and Promotion Expense

Advertising and certain promotion expenses are included in "Selling, general and administrative" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and were $7 million and $6 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $15 million and $12 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Note 14 – Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense totaled $1 million and $3 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 and $4 million and $5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 . Stock-based compensation expense relates primarily to our performance-based long-term incentive program ("LTIP"), stock options and restricted stock unit ("RSU") awards. LTIP awards cover three-year performance cycles and are measured partly on performance criteria (cumulative earnings per share and/or cumulative free cash flow generation) and partly on market criteria (total shareholder return relative to a peer group of companies). The fair value of LTIP awards containing performance criteria are based on our expectations of performance achievement and the closing stock price on the measurement date. The fair value of LTIP awards based on market criteria are measured using a Monte-Carlo simulation using publicly available data.

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Our LTIP awards are liability-classified awards, which do not affect "Capital surplus" until and if these awards are paid in shares. All other stock-based compensation is equity-classified, and therefore affects "Capital surplus." Changes in "Capital surplus" are primarily a result of stock compensation:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Stock-based compensation	$	1,820		$	1,876		$	3,676		$	3,828
Shares withheld for taxes	(30		)	(2		)	(257		)	(332		)
Capital surplus increase	$	1,790		$	1,874		$	3,419		$	3,496

Note 15 – Segment Information

We report three business segments:

• Bananas: Includes the sourcing (purchase and production), transportation, marketing and distribution of bananas.

• Salads and Healthy Snacks: Includes ready-to-eat, packaged salads, referred to in the industry as "value-added salads" and other value-added products, such as healthy snacking items, fresh vegetable and fruit ingredients used in food service; and processed fruit ingredients.

• Other Produce: Includes the sourcing, marketing and distribution of whole fresh produce other than bananas. The primary product of the Other Produce segment is pineapples.

Certain corporate expenses are not allocated to the reportable segments and are included in "Corporate costs". Inter-segment transactions are eliminated.

Financial information for each segment follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net sales:
Bananas	$	537,340		$	517,692		$	1,038,871		$	1,025,643
Salads and Healthy Snacks	249,317			260,218			478,928			500,290
Other Produce	39,190			34,261			70,038			60,490
	$	825,847		$	812,171		$	1,587,837		$	1,586,423
Operating income (loss):
Bananas1	$	43,332		$	53,168		$	64,021		$	83,399
Salads and Healthy Snacks2	7,227			2,993			3,742			9,750
Other Produce	30			(43		)	125			(421		)
Corporate costs3	(13,856		)	(15,542		)	(30,567		)	(27,014		)
	$	36,733		$	40,576		$	37,321		$	65,714

¹ Includes $5 million of cost related to the changeover of vessels at the end of the leases and a $1 million gain on the sale of a ripening facility in Europe in the second quarter of 2014.

² Includes $2 million of cost in the second quarter of 2014 related to inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives. Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2013 for severance costs related to a fruit ingredient business.

³ Includes $3 million and $9 million of costs for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, for the proposed combination with Fyffes.

Note 16 – Commitments and Contingencies

We had an accrual of $4 million, related to contingencies and legal proceedings in Europe at each of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013, and June 30, 2013. While other contingent liabilities described below may be material to the financial statements, we have determined that losses in these matters are not probable and have not accrued any other amounts. Regardless of their outcomes, we have paid, and will likely continue to incur, significant legal and other fees to defend ourselves in these proceedings, which may significantly affect our financial statements.

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COLOMBIA-RELATED MATTERS

Tort Lawsuits. Between June 2007 and March 2011, nine civil tort lawsuits were filed against us by Colombian nationals in U.S. federal courts. These lawsuits assert claims under various state and federal laws, including the Alien Tort Statute (the "ATS lawsuits"). The over 6,000 plaintiffs in the ATS lawsuits claim to be persons injured, or family members or legal heirs of individuals allegedly killed or injured, by armed groups that received payments from the company's former Colombian subsidiary. We had voluntarily disclosed these payments to the U.S. Department of Justice as having been made by the subsidiary to protect its employees from risks to their safety if the payments were not made. This self-disclosure led to our 2007 plea to one count of Engaging in Transactions with a Specially-Designated Global Terrorist Group without having first obtained a license from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The plaintiffs claim that, as a result of such payments, we should be held legally responsible for the alleged injuries. Eight of the ATS lawsuits seek unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, as well as attorneys' fees and costs, with one seeking treble damages and disgorgement of profits without explanation. The other ATS lawsuit contains a specific demand of $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages for each of the several hundred alleged victims in that suit. We also have received requests to participate in mediation in Colombia concerning similar claims, which could be followed by litigation in Colombia. All of the ATS lawsuits have been centralized in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings ("MDL Proceeding"). We believe the plaintiffs' claims are without merit and are defending ourselves vigorously.

Between June 2011 and March 2012, the court dismissed certain of the plaintiffs' claims, but allowed the plaintiffs to move forward with some ATS claims and claims asserted under Colombian law. We believe we have strong defenses to the remaining claims. In March 2012, the court granted our motion for interlocutory appeal of legal questions raised by the court's refusal to dismiss certain ATS claims, and, in September 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted permission to pursue the interlocutory appeal. In July 2014, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's denial of the company's motion to dismiss and remanded the case for entry of an order dismissing the ATS claims.

In addition to the ATS lawsuits, between March 2008 and March 2011, four tort lawsuits were filed against us by American citizens who allege that they were kidnapped and held hostage by an armed group in Colombia, or that they are the survivors or the estate of a survivor of American nationals kidnapped and/or killed by the same group in Colombia. The plaintiffs in these cases make claims under the Antiterrorism Act and state tort laws (the "ATA lawsuits") and contend that we are liable because our former Colombian subsidiary allegedly provided material support to the armed group. The ATA lawsuits, which also have been centralized in the MDL Proceeding, seek unspecified compensatory damages, treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs and punitive damages. We believe the plaintiffs' claims are without merit and are defending ourselves vigorously.

In February 2010, our motion to dismiss one of the ATA lawsuits was granted in part and denied in part and in March 2012, our motions to dismiss the other ATA lawsuits were denied. In November 2012, one of the ATA lawsuits was dismissed after the parties reached a confidential settlement agreement. In July 2013, we filed a motion for reconsideration of the court's order denying its motions to dismiss the ATA lawsuits and that motion is pending. We believe we have strong defenses to the remaining claims in the ATA lawsuits.

Insurance Recovery. We have provided notice of the ATS and ATA lawsuits to the insurers that issued primary and excess general liability insurance policies during the relevant years. The insurers have either reserved the right to deny coverage or denied coverage for these lawsuits. In 2008, we commenced litigation in state court in Ohio against three of our primary insurers seeking coverage for defense costs incurred in connection with the ATA and ATS lawsuits; a fourth primary insurer was later joined to that lawsuit. We entered into settlement agreements under which three of our primary insurers agreed to pay, in total, approximately 40 percent of our defense costs in the ATA and ATS lawsuits. In late 2012, one of these settling insurers paid the full amount of a settlement in an ATA lawsuit. In June 2013, we received notice that the two other settling insurers, which had been paying approximately 1 percent of our defense costs, had been placed in liquidation. The fourth primary insurer, National Union, did not settle. In March 2013, the Ohio Court of Appeals held that National Union is not obligated to provide coverage for defense costs in the ATS and ATA lawsuits. The Ohio Supreme Court declined to accept the case for review.

As of June 30, 2014, National Union had paid us $12 million as reimbursement for defense costs. This sum, and an additional $1 million of interest, is being deferred in "Accrued Liabilities" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet because National Union asserts that it is entitled to obtain reimbursement of this amount from us based on the outcome of its appeal in the coverage case. In June 2014, after remand from the Ohio Court of Appeals, the trial court ruled that National Union is entitled to reimbursement of the defense costs that it has already paid. The company expects to appeal that ruling.

In August 2013, one of the settling primary insurers, Federal, filed a lawsuit in state court in Ohio seeking a declaratory judgment that, based on the Ohio Court of Appeals’ March 2013 decision regarding National Union’s defense obligations, Federal has no obligation to provide coverage for any settlements or judgments that may be incurred by us in the ATS and ATA lawsuits. In February 2014, a group of insurers that are affiliated with Travelers and that issued umbrella and excess policies to

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us filed a lawsuit in state court in Ohio seeking a declaratory judgment that they have no obligation to provide coverage for defense costs or settlements or judgments that may be incurred by us in the ATS and ATA lawsuits. In May 2014, the trial court ruled that Federal's lawsuit is premature and granted the company's motion to stay until the underlying tort lawsuits are resolved. Federal has not appealed that ruling. We believe that Travelers' lawsuit is also premature and will defend ourselves vigorously.

Neither the Ohio Court of Appeals’ ruling nor Federal’s lawsuit impacts Federal’s obligation to reimburse 40 percent of defense costs pursuant to the terms of its settlement agreement with Chiquita. There can be no assurance that the insurers will provide any additional coverage for these claims.

Colombia Investigation. The Colombian Attorney General's Office has been conducting an investigation into payments made by companies in the banana industry to paramilitary groups in Colombia. Included within the scope of the investigation are the payments that were the subject of the 2007 plea in the United States. In March 2012, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation issued a decision which concluded that our former Colombian subsidiary had made payments in response to extortion demands and that the payments were not illegal under Colombian law. Based on these findings, the prosecutor closed the investigation. As provided for under Colombian law, the prosecutor's decision was reviewed by senior officials in the Colombian Attorney General's office pursuant to a legal standard specifying that any evidence in the record suggesting that a crime may have occurred is sufficient to justify the reopening of the investigation. Applying this standard, in December 2012, the Colombian Attorney General's Office determined that the investigation should continue and not be closed. The Attorney General's office did not make any finding that persons connected with our former Colombian subsidiary committed wrongdoing of any kind, only that the matter warrants further investigation. We believe that we have at all times complied with Colombian law.

ITALIAN CUSTOMS AND TAX CASES

1998-2000 Cases. In October 2004, our Italian subsidiary, Chiquita Italia, received the first of several notices from various customs authorities in Italy stating that it is potentially liable for additional duties and taxes on the import of bananas by Socoba S.r.l. ("Socoba") from 1998 to 2000 for sale to Chiquita Italia. The customs authorities claim that (i) the amounts are due because these bananas were imported with licenses (purportedly issued by Spain) that were subsequently determined to have been forged and (ii) Chiquita Italia should be jointly liable with Socoba because (a) Socoba was controlled by a former general manager of Chiquita Italia and (b) the import transactions benefited Chiquita Italia, which arranged for Socoba to purchase the bananas from another subsidiary of ours and, after customs clearance, sell them to Chiquita Italia. Chiquita Italia is contesting these claims, principally on the basis of its good faith belief at the time the import licenses were obtained and used that they were valid.

Separate civil customs proceedings were ultimately brought against Chiquita Italia in four Italian jurisdictions, Genoa, Trento, Aosta and Alessandria. In Genoa the Court of Cassation, the highest level of appeal in Italy, issued a decision in favor of Chiquita Italia in September 2013. In Trento the Court of Cassation issued a decision during the fourth quarter of 2013 in favor of Chiquita Italia as to approximately €5.5 million of the €6.4 million total claim including interest, with the remaining amount ruled payable by Chiquita Italia from the deposits already made in these matters. In April 2014, the Italian customs authority filed a request for revocation of this Court of Cassation decision, a request which we do not believe is permitted under Italian law. In Alessandria, Chiquita Italia lost at the trial level, appealed and a favorable decision was published in April 2014. The authorities have the right to appeal this decision. In Aosta, Chiquita Italia lost at the trial level, appealed and the decision is pending. Socoba brought a claim in Rome trial court (and Chiquita Italia intervened voluntarily) on the issue of whether the forged Spanish licenses used by Socoba should be regarded as genuine in view of the apparent inability to distinguish between genuine and forged licenses. In an October 2010 decision, the Rome trial court rejected Socoba's claim that the licenses should be considered genuine on the basis that Socoba had not sufficiently demonstrated how similar the forged licenses were to genuine Spanish licenses. Socoba has appealed this decision. In an unrelated case addressing similar forged Spanish licenses used in Belgium, the EU Commission advised the customs authorities the same types of licenses challenged in Italy appeared valid on their face and should be treated as genuine.

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Under Italian law, the amounts claimed in the Trento, Alessandria, Aosta and Genoa cases became due and payable notwithstanding the pending appeals. Deposits made in these cases are deferred in "Investments and other assets, net" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets pending resolution of the appeals process. A summary of claims and deposits paid as of June 30, 2014 is as follows:

	Claim (In millions)	Interest and Penalties Claimed (In millions)	Total Claim (In millions)	Deposits Paid Pending Appeal (In millions)
Trento	€3.3	€3.1	€6.4	€6.4	Following the decisions in Trento, Chiquita Italia is entitled to claim reimbursement of approximately €5.5 million of the deposited amounts plus interest (or to apply to deposit requirements in other matters).
Alessandria	€0.3	€0.2	€0.5	€0.5	Deposits paid in 36 equal installments ended March 2012.
Aosta	€1.2	€1.2	€2.4	€1.1	Monthly deposit payments of €34 thousand began in November 2012. In December 2013 €589 thousand was applied from the Tax assessment of 2004 payments.
Genoa (Resolved)	€7.4	€1.0	€8.4	€1.6	Following the decision in Genoa in favor of Chiquita Italia, Chiquita Italia is entitled to claim reimbursement of deposited amounts plus interest. The paid amounts will be utilized to offset pending payment plans (or to apply to deposit requirements in other matters).

2004-2005 Cases. In 2008, Chiquita Italia was required to provide documents and information to the Italian fiscal police in connection with a criminal investigation into imports of bananas by Chiquita Italia during 2004 and 2005, and the payment of customs duties on these imports. The focus of the investigation was an importation process whereby we sold some of our bananas to holders of import licenses who imported the bananas and resold them to Chiquita Italia (indirect import challenge), a practice we believe was legitimate under both Italian and EU law and which was widely accepted by authorities across the EU and by the EC. In June 2012, the Italian courts acquitted Chiquita Italia parties of all charges relating to 2004, and in December 2013 relating to 2005. There are no further criminal charges pending.

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Tax authorities issued assessment notices for 2004 and 2005, which were appealed to the first level Rome tax court; in June 2011, the court rejected the appeal for 2004. Chiquita Italia appealed this decision and, in October 2012, the appeals court ruled in favor of Chiquita Italia with respect to 2004. A significant portion of the 2005 income tax assessment has been withdrawn by the tax authorities and an appeal for the remaining portion is pending. Separately, customs authorities have also issued assessments for these cases. Chiquita Italia's appeals of these customs assessments were rejected by the first level Rome tax court and the regional court. Chiquita Italia has appealed the decisions to the Court of Cassation, the highest level of appeal in Italy. In each case, Chiquita Italia has received payment notifications from the tax and customs authorities, but the 2004 tax assessment has been annulled based on the October 2012 appeals court ruling and the company is claiming reimbursement of payments made. Deposits made under these cases are deferred in "Investments and other assets, net" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets pending resolution of the appeals process. If Chiquita Italia ultimately prevails in its appeals, all amounts deposited will be reimbursed with interest. A summary of assessments and deposits paid is as follows:

	Assessment (In millions)	Interest and Penalties Assessed (In millions)	Total Assessment (In millions)	Deposits Paid Pending Appeal (In millions)
Income Tax Assessment for 2004/2005	€12.0	€19.1	€31.1	€0.9	Monthly deposit payments of €113 thousand began in March 2012. The appeals court ruled in favor of Chiquita Italia in October 2012 for the 2004 assessments and a significant portion of the 2005 assessments have been withdrawn. The company has requested relief from these payments and reimbursement.
Customs Tax Assessment for 2004/2005	€19.4	€10.2	€29.6	€14.8	Monthly deposit payments of €350 thousand began in September 2011 and will continue through September 2017, unless a successful appeals process is completed sooner. In June 2014 we received an additional assessment for a total value of €1.2M, for which a full deposit was made.

The fiscal police investigation also challenged the involvement of an entity of ours incorporated in Bermuda in the sale of bananas directly to Chiquita Italia (direct import challenge), as a result of which the tax authorities claimed additional taxes of €13 million ($17 million) for 2004 and €19 million ($26 million) for 2005, plus interest and penalties. In order to avoid a long and costly tax dispute, in April 2011, Chiquita Italia reached an agreement in principle with the Italian tax authorities to settle the dispute and recorded expense for the settlements at that time. Under the settlement, the tax authorities agreed that the Bermuda corporation's involvement in the importation of bananas was appropriate and Chiquita Italia agreed to an adjustment to the intercompany price paid by Chiquita Italia for the imported bananas it purchased from this company, resulting in a higher income tax liability for those years. Chiquita Italia paid a settlement of €3 million ($4 million) of additional income tax for 2004 and 2005, including interest and penalties, which was significantly below the amounts originally claimed. The portion of the settlement for 2005 is still subject to approval by the Rome tax court which is expected in due course. As part of the settlement, Chiquita Italia also agreed to an adjustment to its intercompany purchases of bananas for years 2006 through 2009, resulting in payments in June and July 2011 of €2 million ($3 million) of additional tax and interest to fully settle those years. The indirect import challenge described above is not part of the settlement.

Chiquita Italia continues to believe that it acted properly and that all the transactions for which it has received assessment notices were legitimate and reported appropriately, and, aside from those issues already settled, continues to vigorously defend the transactions at issue.

CONSUMPTION TAX REFUNDS

We have and have had several open cases seeking the refund of certain consumption taxes paid between 1980 and 1990 in various Italian jurisdictions. As gain contingencies, these refunds and any related interest are recognized when realized and all gain contingencies have been removed. In January 2012, we received €20 million ($27 million) related to a favorable decision

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from a court in Salerno, Italy. The claim is not considered resolved or realized, as the decision has been appealed to a higher court. Consequently, the receipt of cash has been deferred in "Other liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Decisions in one jurisdiction have no binding effect on pending claims in other jurisdictions and all unresolved claims may take years to resolve. If we were to lose on appeal, we may be required to repay the consumption tax refunds received with interest.

Note 17 – New Accounting Standards

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

Standard Name	Issued	Description	Effective Date for Chiquita	Effect on Chiquita's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Revenue from Contracts with Customers	May 2014 ASU 2014-09	Requires additional considerations for timing and amount of revenue recognition for contract sales with customers.	Retrospective, beginning December 2016. Early adoption is not permitted.	The guidance permits the use of either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We have not yet selected a transition method and will evaluate the effect of the standard on our sales contracts with customers, evaluate methods of adoption and monitor other future potential effects.
Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity	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.	We have opted for early adoption, which did not have a significant impact on our financial results. We will continue to monitor the potential impact of this early adoption on future filings.
Income Taxes: Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists	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.

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Note 18 — Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information

In connection with the 7.875% Notes, certain of our domestic subsidiaries (the "Guarantor Subsidiaries"), fully, unconditionally, jointly, and severally guaranteed the payment obligations under the notes. The Guarantor Subsidiaries are 100% owned direct and indirect subsidiaries of Chiquita Brands L.L.C. ("CBLLC" or the "Co-Issuer"), who is 100% owned by CBII ("CBII" or the "Parent Company"). The following supplemental financial information sets forth, on a consolidating basis, the balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of comprehensive income and statements of cash flows for CBII, for CBLLC, for the Guarantor Subsidiaries and for our other subsidiaries (the "Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries").

The supplemental condensed consolidating financial information has been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations for condensed financial information and does not include disclosures included in annual financial statements. Investments in consolidated subsidiaries have been presented under the equity method of accounting. The principal eliminating entries eliminate investments in subsidiaries, intercompany balances and intercompany revenues and expenses. The condensed financial information may not necessarily be indicative of the results of operations or financial position had the guarantor or non-guarantor subsidiaries operated as independent entities.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	225,172		$	318,525		$	538,098		$	(255,948	)	$	825,847
Cost of sales	—			217,303			276,824			478,105			(255,925		)	716,307
Selling, general and administrative	10,333			4,724			21,644			21,007			—			57,708
Depreciation	—			1,094			6,819			5,176			—			13,089
Amortization	—			—			2,336			6			—			2,342
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(37,463		)	(44,600		)	778			(332		)	81,285			(332		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	—			—			—			—			—			—
Operating income (loss)	27,130			46,651			10,124			34,136			(81,308		)	36,733
Interest income	—			—			1			640			—			641
Interest expense	(5,295		)	(9,175		)	(683		)	(146		)	—			(15,299		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			—			—			—			—			—
Other income (expense), net	(2		)	(13		)	84			(334		)	23			(242		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	21,833			37,463			9,526			34,296			(81,285		)	21,833
Income tax expense	(3,997		)	(6,069		)	(3,728		)	(2,491		)	12,288			(3,997		)
Net income (loss)	$	17,836		$	31,394		$	5,798		$	31,805		$	(68,997	)	$	17,836

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC			Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)		(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	17,836	$	31,394		$	5,798	$	31,805		$	(68,997	)	$	17,836
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—		—			—		(1		)	—			(1		)
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—		—			—		—			—			—
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—		—			—		(1		)	—			(1		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—		—			—		4,441			—			4,441
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—		—			—		1,020			—			1,020
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—		—			—		(61		)	—			(61		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—		—			—		5,400			—			5,400
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—		(564		)	—		1			—			(563		)
Amortization included in pension cost	—		102			—		194			—			296
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—		(462		)	—		195			—			(267		)
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	5,132		5,594			—		—			(10,726		)	—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	22,968	$	36,526		$	5,798	$	37,399		$	(79,723	)	$	22,968

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of (Operations) (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	201,929		$	329,311		$	511,546		$	(230,615	)	$	812,171
Cost of sales	(96		)	186,841			292,378			444,836			(230,613		)	693,346
Selling, general and administrative	11,453			5,034			23,750			22,247			—			62,484
Depreciation	—			1,011			6,957			5,487			—			13,455
Amortization	—			—			2,335			6			—			2,341
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(44,500		)	(45,195		)	5			(72		)	89,690			(72		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	—			82			(41		)	—			—			41
Operating income (loss)	33,143			54,156			3,927			39,042			(89,692		)	40,576
Interest income	—			6			48			721			—			775
Interest expense	(5,002		)	(9,663		)	(110		)	(3		)	—			(14,778		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			—			—			—			—			—
Other income (expense), net	—			1			64			1,502			1			1,568
Income (loss) before income taxes	28,141			44,500			3,929			41,262			(89,691		)	28,141
Income tax expense	2,959			(317		)	(1,562		)	1,309			570			2,959
Net income (loss)	$	31,100		$	44,183		$	2,367		$	42,571		$	(89,121	)	$	31,100

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	31,100		$	44,183		$	2,367	$	42,571		$	(89,121	)	$	31,100
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—			—			—		(17		)	—			(17		)
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—			—		—			—			—
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—			—			—		(17		)	—			(17		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—			—			—		(11,187		)	—			(11,187		)
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—			—			—		6,582			—			6,582
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—			—			—		(2,151		)	—			(2,151		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—			—			—		(6,756		)	—			(6,756		)
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—			(15		)	—		30			—			15
Amortization included in pension cost	—			124			—		214			—			338
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—			109			—		244			—			353
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	(6,420		)	(6,529		)	—		—			12,949			—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	24,680		$	37,763		$	2,367	$	36,042		$	(76,172	)	$	24,680

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	434,216		$	611,798		$	1,040,357		$	(498,534	)	$	1,587,837
Cost of sales	—			419,303			539,696			940,684			(498,124		)	1,401,559
Selling, general and administrative	23,700			8,511			43,816			41,531			—			117,558
Depreciation	—			2,370			13,018			11,200			—			26,588
Amortization	—			—			4,671			12			—			4,683
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(37,368		)	(52,165		)	4,251			(332		)	85,282			(332		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	460			—			—			—			—			460
Operating income (loss)	13,208			56,197			6,346			47,262			(85,692		)	37,321
Interest income	—			2			34			1,269			—			1,305
Interest expense	(10,587		)	(18,406		)	(1,567		)	(207		)	—			(30,767		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			(521		)	—			—			—			(521		)
Other income (expense), net	581			96			(367		)	(4,856		)	410			(4,136		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	3,202			37,368			4,446			43,468			(85,282		)	3,202
Income tax expense	(9,969		)	(6,412		)	(1,760		)	(3,405		)	11,577			(9,969		)
Net income (loss)	$	(6,767	)	$	30,956		$	2,686		$	40,063		$	(73,705	)	$	(6,767	)

31

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	(6,767	)	$	30,956		$	2,686	$	40,063		$	(73,705	)	$	(6,767	)
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—			—			—		15			—			15
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—			—		252			—			252
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—			—			—		267			—			267
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—			—			—		3,395			—			3,395
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—			—			—		2,047			—			2,047
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—			—			—		(236		)	—			(236		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—			—			—		5,206			—			5,206
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—			(565		)	—		(340		)	—			(905		)
Amortization included in pension cost	—			206			—		390			—			596
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—			(359		)	—		50			—			(309		)
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	5,164			5,523			—		—			(10,687		)	—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(1,603	)	$	36,120		$	2,686	$	45,586		$	(84,392	)	$	(1,603	)

32

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	386,971		$	637,037		$	1,023,539		$	(461,124	)	$	1,586,423
Cost of sales	—			366,654			563,149			903,799			(461,105		)	1,372,497
Selling, general and administrative	19,405			8,741			43,428			44,687			—			116,261
Depreciation	—			2,459			13,656			10,967			—			27,082
Amortization	—			—			4,671			12			—			4,683
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(64,312		)	(78,914		)	(27		)	(72		)	143,253			(72		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	—			153			108			(3		)	—			258
Operating income (loss)	44,907			87,878			12,052			64,149			(143,272		)	65,714
Interest income	—			11			102			1,394			—			1,507
Interest expense	(11,374		)	(17,820		)	(125		)	(23		)	—			(29,342		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	(843		)	(5,432		)	—			—			—			(6,275		)
Other income (expense), net	1,037			(325		)	165			1,227			19			2,123
Income (loss) before income taxes	33,727			64,312			12,194			66,747			(143,253		)	33,727
Income tax expense	(250		)	606			(4,836		)	658			3,572			(250		)
Net income (loss)	$	33,477		$	64,918		$	7,358		$	67,405		$	(139,681	)	$	33,477

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	33,477		$	64,918	$	7,358	$	67,405		$	(139,681	)	$	33,477
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—			—		—		372			—			372
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—		—		—			—			—
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—			—		—		372			—			372
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment	157			—		—		—			—			157
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net	(561		)	—		—		—			—			(561		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment	(404		)	—		—		—			—			(404		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—			—		—		(2,125		)	—			(2,125		)
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—			—		—		15,214			—			15,214
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—			—		—		(4,990		)	—			(4,990		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—			—		—		8,099			—			8,099
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—			971		—		(2,377		)	—			(1,406		)
Amortization included in pension cost	—			248		—		428			—			676
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—			1,219		—		(1,949		)	—			(730		)
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	7,741			6,522		—		—			(14,263		)	—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	40,814		$	72,659	$	7,358	$	73,927		$	(153,944	)	$	40,814

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor		Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)		(Co-issuer)		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	—	$	22,189	$	—	$	32,324	$	—		$	54,513
Trade receivables, less allowances	—		56,360		60,229		155,306		—			271,895
Other receivables, net	—		999		4,452		55,961		(837		)	60,575
Inventories	—		10,831		34,668		165,812		—			211,311
Prepaid expenses	954		1,631		9,137		27,417		—			39,139
Due from affiliates	57,210		2,168,269		1,394,702		558,114		(4,178,295		)	—
Other current assets	—		3,587		12,823		—		(9,014		)	7,396
Total current assets	58,164		2,263,866		1,516,011		994,934		(4,188,146		)	644,829
Property, plant and equipment, net	—		17,733		197,730		184,399		—			399,862
Investments and other assets, net	21,309		12,555		4,466		77,814		(6,397		)	109,747
Trademarks	—		208,085		38,500		179,500		—			426,085
Goodwill	—		—		18,095		—		—			18,095
Other intangible assets, net	—		—		82,182		47		—			82,229
Investments in and accounts with subsidiaries	1,439,143		1,129,504		1,535		—		(2,570,182		)	—
Total assets	$	1,518,616	$	3,631,743	$	1,858,519	$	1,436,694	$	(6,764,725	)	$	1,680,847
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	—	$	1,500	$	1,622	$	1,488	$	—		$	4,610
Accounts payable	3,143		4,937		89,973		153,526		—			251,579
Accrued liabilities	33,224		23,735		62,527		59,626		(9,851		)	169,261
Due to affiliates	919,544		1,668,253		1,225,080		365,418		(4,178,295		)	—
Total current liabilities	955,911		1,698,425		1,379,202		580,058		(4,188,146		)	425,450
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	170,053		416,450		40,812		5,177		—			632,492
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	14,592		2,882		—		62,800		—			80,274
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	—		—		—		—		—			—
Deferred tax liabilities	235		66,653		46,293		—		(6,397		)	106,784
Other liabilities	1,571		8,190		9,427		40,405		—			59,593
Total liabilities	1,142,362		2,192,600		1,475,734		688,440		(4,194,543		)	1,304,593
Commitments and contingencies	—		—		—		—		—			—
Total shareholders' equity	376,254		1,439,143		382,785		748,254		(2,570,182		)	376,254
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	1,518,616	$	3,631,743	$	1,858,519	$	1,436,694	$	(6,764,725	)	$	1,680,847

35

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 31, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII	CBLLC	Guarantor	Non-Guarantor	Consolidating		Company
	(Co-Issuer)	(Co-issuer)	Subsidiaries	Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	—	15,851	—	38,166	—		54,017
Trade receivables, less allowances	—	49,325	51,189	151,554	—		252,068
Other receivables, net	1,061	402	5,140	49,670	—		56,273
Inventories	—	15,567	34,831	160,166	—		210,564
Prepaid expenses	1,024	3,661	11,040	34,008	—		49,733
Due from affiliates1	71,604	2,060,284	1,270,479	490,208	(3,892,575	)	—
Other current assets	—	2,751	12,753	—	(8,964	)	6,540
Total current assets	73,689	2,147,841	1,385,432	923,772	(3,901,539	)	629,195
Property, plant and equipment, net	—	20,258	201,346	169,169	—		390,773
Investments and other assets, net1	20,999	13,994	3,644	75,218	(5,778	)	108,077
Trademarks	—	208,085	38,500	179,500	—		426,085
Goodwill	—	—	18,095	—	—		18,095
Other intangible assets, net	—	—	86,853	60	—		86,913
Investments in and accounts with subsidiaries	1,402,089	1,073,711	3,186	—	(2,478,986	)	—
Total assets	1,496,777	3,463,889	1,737,056	1,347,719	(6,386,303	)	1,659,138
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	—	1,500	726	45	—		2,271
Accounts payable	1,126	8,150	89,352	149,645	—		248,273
Accrued liabilities1	36,511	27,420	57,984	45,083	(8,964	)	158,034
Due to affiliates1	903,865	1,520,539	1,122,258	345,913	(3,892,575	)	—
Total current liabilities	941,502	1,557,609	1,270,320	540,686	(3,901,539	)	408,578
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	164,050	427,049	38,147	107	—		629,353
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	15,223	2,818	—	59,025	—		77,066
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	—	—	—	6,290	—		6,290
Deferred tax liabilities	115	66,142	42,539	661	(5,778	)	103,679
Other liabilities	1,449	8,182	8,885	41,218	—		59,734
Total liabilities	1,122,339	2,061,800	1,359,891	647,987	(3,907,317	)	1,284,700
Commitments and contingencies	—	—	—	—	—		—
Total shareholders' equity	374,438	1,402,089	377,165	699,732	(2,478,986	)	374,438
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	1,496,777	3,463,889	1,737,056	1,347,719	(6,386,303	)	1,659,138

^1.  We revised the December 31, 2013 condensed consolidating balance sheet presented above to correct for items of classification between CBII and CBLLC, the Co-Issuers. These classification items affected the line items indicated in amounts representing less than 1% of both total assets and total liabilities of CBII and CBLLC.

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor		Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)		(Co-issuer)		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	—	$	11,245	$	—	$	55,723	$	—		$	66,968
Trade receivables, less allowances	—		50,087		69,789		182,849		—			302,725
Other receivables, net	—		1,254		5,407		61,825		—			68,486
Inventories	—		8,738		39,240		170,457		—			218,435
Prepaid expenses	1,100		997		8,891		30,478		—			41,466
Due from affiliates	91,171		1,915,143		1,140,707		421,108		(3,568,129		)	—
Other current assets	—		1,488		17,024		10,114		(9,789		)	18,837
Total current assets	92,271		1,988,952		1,281,058		932,554		(3,577,918		)	716,917
Property, plant and equipment, net	—		22,659		209,802		161,379		—			393,840
Investments and other assets, net	13,939		27,245		3,365		56,570		(12,946		)	88,173
Trademarks	—		208,085		38,500		179,500		—			426,085
Goodwill	—		—		18,095		—		—			18,095
Other intangible assets, net	—		—		91,525		71		—			91,596
Investments in and accounts with subsidiaries	1,390,962		1,058,544		3,189		—		(2,452,695		)	—
Total assets	$	1,497,172	$	3,305,485	$	1,645,534	$	1,330,074	$	(6,043,559	)	$	1,734,706
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	—	$	1,500	$	1,549	$	29	$	—		$	3,078
Accounts payable	1,408		6,590		92,368		173,418		—			273,784
Accrued liabilities	27,997		36,231		60,183		38,549		(9,789		)	153,171
Due to affiliates	878,915		1,346,777		1,020,063		322,374		(3,568,129		)	—
Total current liabilities	908,320		1,391,098		1,174,163		534,370		(3,577,918		)	430,033
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	158,400		427,775		12,550		—		—			598,725
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	13,355		7,842		—		58,512		—			79,709
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	—		—		—		13,356		—			13,356
Deferred tax liabilities	115		78,422		38,739		5,792		(12,946		)	110,122
Other liabilities	2,268		9,386		35,717		40,676		—			88,047
Total liabilities	1,082,458		1,914,523		1,261,169		652,706		(3,590,864		)	1,319,992
Commitments and contingencies	—		—		—		—		—			—
Total shareholders' equity	414,714		1,390,962		384,365		677,368		(2,452,695		)	414,714
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	1,497,172	$	3,305,485	$	1,645,534	$	1,330,074	$	(6,043,559	)	$	1,734,706

37

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)		(Co-Issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash provided (used) by:
Operating cash flow	$	—	$	22,112		$	2,630		$	13,441		$	—		$	38,183
Capital expenditures	—		(1,607		)	(4,910		)	(18,805		)	—			(25,322		)
Investing activity with subsidiaries 1	—		(2,926		)	(570		)	—			3,496			—
Other, net	—		—			44			(1,022		)	—			(978		)
Investing cash flow	—		(4,533		)	(5,436		)	(19,827		)	3,496			(26,300		)
Issuances of long-term debt	—		—			—			—			—			—
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	—		(10,750		)	(120		)	(26		)	—			(10,896		)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	—		24,000			—			—			—			24,000
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	—		(24,000		)	—			—			—			(24,000		)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	—		—			—			—			—			—
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	—		(191		)	—			—			—			(191		)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	—		(300		)	—			—			—			(300		)
Financing activity with subsidiaries 1	—		—			2,926			570			(3,496		)	—
Financing cash flow	—		(11,241		)	2,806			544			(3,496		)	(11,387		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	—		6,338			—			(5,842		)	—			496
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	—		15,851			—			38,166			—			54,017
Cash and equivalents, end of period	$	—	$	22,189		$	—		$	32,324		$	—		$	54,513

¹ $3 million of investing and financing activity between the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries during the first quarter of 2014 has been corrected and is reflected in this condensed consolidating statement of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2014.

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)			(Co-Issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash provided (used) by:
Operating cash flow	$	(4,420	)	$	35,695		$	8,968		$	22,202		$	—		$	62,445
Capital expenditures	—			(1,657		)	(12,013		)	(7,816		)	—			(21,486		)
Investing activity with subsidiaries	—			—			(451		)	—			451			—
Other, net	1,819			—			3,598			5,591			—			11,008
Investing cash flow	1,819			(1,657		)	(8,866		)	(2,225		)	451			(10,478		)
Issuances of long-term debt	—			429,415			—			—			—			429,415
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	—			(411,941		)	(102		)	(33		)	—			(412,076		)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	—			36,590			—			—			—			36,590
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	—			(36,590		)	—			—			—			(36,590		)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	—			(40,000		)	—			—			—			(40,000		)
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	—			(13,364		)	—			—			—			(13,364		)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	—			—			—			—			—			—
Financing activity with subsidiaries	—			393			—			58			(451		)	—
Financing cash flow	—			(35,497		)	(102		)	25			(451		)	(36,025		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	(2,601		)	(1,459		)	—			20,002			—			15,942
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	2,601			12,704			—			35,721			—			51,026
Cash and equivalents, end of period	$	—		$	11,245		$	—		$	55,723		$	—		$	66,968

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Item 2 – Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Overview

In the second quarter of 2014, we recovered from a challenging first quarter. Our banana business continued to benefit from volume increases of more than 5% in North America and higher average pricing in U.S. dollars in Core Europe, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern markets. These improvements were offset by lower volume in Core Europe as we continued to prioritize profitability over volume and lower volume in the Mediterranean market, reflecting lower supply in our Central American source regions. Contract pricing gains in North America were offset by year-over-year lower fuel surcharges tied to third party indices. We also experienced higher costs in the quarter from lower productivity on both our owned and associate producer farms as a result of weather and other factors affecting growing conditions, which forced us to procure more fruit in the Ecuador spot markets, resulting in incremental purchase and transport costs. This situation combined with expected increases in industry costs, including labor, shipping and paper to increase our cost of sales.

Our Salads and Healthy Snacks segment showed improvement in the second quarter of 2014 compared to the same period of 2013. Our new Midwest salad plant has met its performance targets through the first half of 2014, fully recovering the $7 million of startup costs that were incurred in the second quarter of 2013. Retail value-added salad pricing, inclusive of product mix, also increased versus the prior year, but does not yet reflect the benefits of the packaging efficiency and pricing actions announced in May and effective in July 2014. However second quarter volume of retail value-added salads was below the prior year. The overall segment revenue and results were also adversely affected by reduced raw material supply for our processed fruit ingredient business that mainly sells banana puree and other value-added banana products. We also incurred $2 million of costs in the segment in the second quarter of 2014 related to inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives.

In both segments, the weather-impacted results of the first quarter weighed on the results for the full first half. A harsh winter in much of North America impacted first quarter sales volumes for all of our products in this market, increased our logistics costs, reduced raw yields in our salads operations, and challenged our salad manufacturing as raw products were, at times, unable to reach the plants and storms reduced our production schedules. Additionally, unfavorable weather and other conditions across Central America negatively impacted yields on both owned and associate producer banana farms, resulting in larger purchases in the weekly spot market and supply shortages to our North American and European end markets. Finally, stormy conditions in the Atlantic delayed our vessels, increased our fuel usage, and required incremental vessel charters to fill vacated slots in our fleet rotations. While the winter weather conditions are now behind us, we continued to experience weather-driven volume reductions in Central America through the second quarter, which affected both productivity and banana availability, resulting in higher costs in 2014.

We have taken a number of steps to reduce risk and improve operating efficiencies in our core business as we execute our "return to the core" strategy. We have exited several non-core healthy snacking businesses that generated operating losses and distracted management from its core businesses of bananas and salads, and we have redirected that investment back to the core. In our banana business, we have increased the pace of investment in our owned banana farms, which includes replanting and the addition of irrigation, to both increase productivity and reduce the effect of unusual weather patterns. We have sought opportunities to expand controlled banana production, which included the purchase of approximately 450 hectares of production in Honduras in the first quarter of 2014. We are investing to improve certain Latin American port operations to accommodate new shipping rotations and partnerships that we expect to create efficiencies in our value chain beginning in 2015. We expanded the surcharge program in our North American banana business in the first quarter of 2014 to include a paper-related surcharge tied to a third party index, mitigating future impacts from another substantial cost input. In our salads business, we implemented price increases and product resizing, both of which took effect in July 2014, to offset industry costs and to return the business to reasonable profit margins. We have also taken a number of steps to reduce overhead expenses, which has resulted in meaningful reductions in our Corporate expenses, excluding the costs related to our pending combination with Fyffes plc, described below.

Our results are subject to significant seasonal variations and interim results are not indicative of the results of operations for the full fiscal year. Historically, our results during the second half of the year have been weaker than in the first half of the year due to increased availability of competing fruits and resulting lower banana prices, as well as seasonally lower consumption of salads in the fourth quarter. We have made strategic changes to our business that we expect to reduce this trend, however, the effect of these seasonal variations can vary significantly from year to year. For a further description of our challenges and risks, see the Overview section of Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Part I - Item 1A - Risk Factors in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K and discussion below.

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Strategic Combination With Fyffes plc

On March 10, 2014, we announced our intention to combine with Fyffes plc ("Fyffes") and entered into a transaction agreement for the proposed combination. We believe this combination will create significant value for our shareholders and offer immediate benefits for customers and consumers worldwide. Fyffes is a leading international importer and distributor of tropical produce, including bananas, pineapples and melons, with annual sales in excess of €800 million. Fyffes is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has operations in Europe, the U.S., Central and South America and has begun operations in Asia. Fyffes markets its produce under a variety of trademarks including the Fyffes^® and Sol^® brands and employs over 12,000 people worldwide. The combination is expected to result in operating synergies.

In the proposed combination, both Chiquita and Fyffes will become subsidiaries of a new Irish holding company, ChiquitaFyffes plc ("ChiquitaFyffes"). Fyffes shareholders will receive 0.1567 of a ChiquitaFyffes ordinary share for each Fyffes share they hold and, upon completion of the combination, will own approximately 49.3% of ChiquitaFyffes ordinary shares, on a fully diluted basis. Chiquita shareholders will receive one ChiquitaFyffes ordinary share for each Chiquita share that they hold and, upon completion of the combination, will own approximately 50.7% of ChiquitaFyffes ordinary shares, on a fully diluted basis.

Accounting standards will require the combination to be accounted for as a business combination with Chiquita determined to be the accounting acquirer. The following preliminary purchase price calculation is based on the outstanding common shares of Fyffes plc, plus stock options expected to vest on or before the closing date, Chiquita's closing stock price on March 7, 2014 (the last trading day prior to the public announcement of the combination) and the latest practicable date prior to the filing of this Form 10-Q. The purchase price consideration could change materially and will ultimately be based on the closing date share price of Chiquita stock on the final date of the combination and the number of Fyffes stock options that will have vested by that date.

	March 7, 2014	August 4, 2014
Chiquita's closing share price	$10.84	$9.60
Preliminary purchase price consideration	$519 million	$460 million

In connection with the proposed combination, we expect to incur legal, advisory and other expenses in the range of $12-$15 million, of which $3 million and $9 million were incurred and expensed in the second quarter and first half of 2014, respectively. The proposed combination is expected to be completed before the end of 2014, but remains subject to shareholder approval by both Chiquita and Fyffes shareholders as well as remaining required regulatory approvals in the European Union and other jurisdictions.

The proposed combination with Fyffes and the effects to Chiquita and Chiquita shareholders are also described in Note 3 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Operations

We report three business segments: Bananas; Salads and Healthy Snacks; and Other Produce. Segment descriptions and results can be found in Note 15 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Certain corporate expenses are not allocated to the reportable segments and are included in "Corporate costs," including costs related to the proposed combination with Fyffes. Inter-segment transactions are eliminated.

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Better (Worse) Percent Change		Six Months Ended June 30,						Better (Worse) Percent Change
(In millions)	2014			2013					2014			2013
Net sales:
Bananas	$	537		$	518		3.8	%	$	1,039		$	1,026		1.3	%
Salads and Healthy Snacks	249			260			(4.2	)%	479			500			(4.3	)%
Other Produce	39			34			14.4	%	70			60			15.8	%
	$	826		$	812		1.7	%	$	1,588		$	1,586		0.1	%
Cost of sales:
Bananas	$	460		$	428		(7.4	)%	$	907		$	872		(4.0	)%
Salads and Healthy Snacks	214			227			5.7	%	420			435			3.4	%
Other Produce	39			35			(11.8	)%	70			60			(15.2	)%
Corporate costs	3			3			0.1	%	5			5			3.8	%
	$	716		$	693		(3.3	)%	$	1,402		$	1,372		(2.1	)%
Operating income (loss):
Bananas	$	43		$	53		(18.5	)%	$	64		$	83		(23.2	)%
Salads and Healthy Snacks	7			3			141.5	%	4			10			(61.6	)%
Other Produce	—			—			169.8	%	—			—			129.7	%
Corporate Costs	(14		)	(16		)	10.8	%	(31		)	(27		)	(13.2	)%
	$	37		$	41		(9.5	)%	$	37		$	66		(43.2	)%

Table may not total or recalculate due to rounding.

¹Cost of sales by segment in 2013 has been revised. Operating income by segment has not changed for these periods.

QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 vs. QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2013

Net Sales. Net sales increased on a consolidated basis by 1.7%.

In our Bananas segment, the increase in net sales was driven by higher average pricing in Core Europe (defined below), Mediterranean and Middle Eastern markets on a U.S. dollar basis and higher banana volume in North America, partly offset by lower volume in Core Europe, where we continued to prioritize profitability over volume and reflecting supply shortages in the quarter, as well as lower average pricing in North America, primarily due to lower fuel surcharges.

Salads and Healthy Snacks segment sales decreased primarily as a result of lower volume of retail value-added salads, healthy snacks and foodservice, lower processed fruit ingredient sales driven by reduced raw material supply and the June 2013 exit of a non-core European healthy snacking business that previously represented approximately $12 million of net sales on an annual basis. Retail value-added salad sales were higher as pricing, primarily driven by mix, more than offset decreased volumes.

Other produce sales increased primarily as a result of increased pineapple volume.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales increased 3.3% on a consolidated basis.

In our bananas business, cost of sales increased primarily due to lower productivity on both our owned and associate producer farms, primarily in Costa Rica and Panama due to dry weather, in addition to expected increases in industry costs, such as shipping and paper. Related to the 2007 gain on the sale-leaseback of eleven cargo ships, the gain on the sale-leaseback was being amortized to reduce "Cost of sales" over the base term of the leases, each of which expired in mid-2014. The annual amortization of the gain on shipping fleet was $14 million through 2013, with the final $3 million of amortization reducing costs in the second quarter of 2014. To maintain our shipping rotations, we entered into new time charter arrangements and

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incurred $5 million of costs in the second quarter of 2014 in connection with the changeover of these vessels, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2014.

In our Salads and Healthy Snacks segment, cost of sales decreased due to lower volumes as described above, lower cost of sales in our processed fruit ingredient products and the exit of a European healthy snacking business in June 2013. Additionally, our new Midwest salad plant met its performance targets in the second quarter of 2014 after incurring approximately $18 million in startup costs in 2013, of which $7 million were in second quarter of 2013. The new facility was placed into service in 2013 and replaced three facilities in the same region.

Other produce cost of sales increased due to higher volume.

Operating Income. As a result of the items discussed above, improvements in the Salads and Healthy Snacks segment partly offset reductions in the Banana segment. Corporate costs also improved due to lower legal fees, medical cost reductions, lower values associated with our performance-based long-term incentive program and staffing and operating efficiencies. Corporate costs in the second quarter of 2014 also included $3 million of combination related transaction costs related to our proposed combination with Fyffes. Corporate costs represent expenses not allocated to the reportable segments, including certain selling, general and administrative costs. Additional detail of the variances are included in the segment discussion below.

SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 vs. SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013

Net Sales. Net sales increased on a consolidated basis by 0.1%.

In our Bananas segment, the increase in net sales was driven by higher average pricing in Core Europe (defined below), Mediterranean and Middle Eastern markets on a U.S. dollar basis and higher banana volume in North America, partly offset by lower volume in Core Europe, where we continued to prioritize profitability over volume and reflecting supply shortages in the period, as well as lower average pricing in North America, primarily due to lower fuel surcharges.

Salads and Healthy Snacks segment sales decreased primarily as a result of lower volumes of healthy snacks and foodservice, lower processed fruit ingredient sales driven by reduced raw material supply and the June 2013 exit of a non-core European healthy snacking business that previously represented approximately $12 million of net sales on an annual basis. These declines were partially offset by retail value-added salad sales as a result of both volume and pricing, including mix.

Other produce sales increased primarily as a result of higher pineapple volume.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales increased 2.1% on a consolidated basis, primarily due to expected industry cost increases, including labor, shipping and paper and due to the effects of weather on both our bananas and salads value chains.

In our bananas business, cost of sales increased primarily due to weather impacts in our growing regions in Central America that reduced productivity on both our owned and associate producer farms and increased the volume purchased in weekly markets, primarily Ecuador. This resulted in incremental fruit and transportation costs, impacted further in the first quarter of 2014 by poor weather in the Atlantic that deferred vessel arrivals, resulting in increased fuel consumption and vessel charters. Related to the 2007 gain on the sale-leaseback of eleven cargo ships, the gain on the sale-leaseback was being amortized to reduce "Cost of sales" over the base term of the leases, each of which expired in mid-2014. The annual amortization of the gain on shipping fleet was $14 million through 2013, with the final $6 million of amortization reducing costs in the first half of 2014. To maintain our shipping rotations, we entered into new time charter arrangements and incurred $5 million of costs in the second quarter of 2014 in connection with the changeover of these vessels, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2014.

In our Salads and Healthy Snacks segment, our new Midwest salad plant fully met its performance targets in the first quarter of 2014 after incurring approximately $18 million in startup costs in 2013, of which $8 million were incurred in the first half of 2013. The new facility was placed into service in 2013 and replaced three facilities in the same region. Additionally, cost of sales decreased due to lower volumes in our healthy snacks and food service, reduced raw material supply for our processed fruit ingredient products and the exit of a European healthy snacking business in June 2013 partly offset by additional volume of retail value-added salads, discussed above, and harsh winter weather in much of North America during the first quarter of 2014 that adversely affected logistics costs and demand imbalance impacted raw product sourcing in that period.

Other produce cost of sales increased due to higher pineapple volume.

Operating Income. As a result of the items discussed above, operating income was lower than 2013, primarily from the challenging first quarter of 2014. Corporate costs also improved due to lower legal fees, medical cost reductions, lower values associated with our performance-based long-term incentive compensation and staffing and operating efficiencies. Corporate

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costs included $9 million of first half 2014 costs related to our proposed combination with Fyffes. Corporate costs represent expenses not allocated to the reportable segments, including certain selling, general and administrative costs. Additional detail of the variances are included in the segment discussion below.

BANANA SEGMENT - NET SALES, COST OF SALES AND OPERATING INCOME ANALYSIS

	Better (Worse)
(In millions)	Q2			YTD
2013 Banana segment net sales	$	518		$	1,026
Global pricing and geographic product mix	—			(13		)
Volume	4			2
Average European exchange rates including the effect of hedging	17			26
Other	(2		)	(2		)
2014 Banana segment net sales	$	537		$	1,039

	(Better) Worse
(In millions)	Q2			YTD
2013 Banana segment cost of sales	$	428		$	872
Volume	3			1
Sourcing and logistics costs1	31			38
Average European exchange rates	1			3
Tariffs	(3		)	(5		)
Other	—			(2		)
2014 Banana segment cost of sales	$	460		$	907

¹ Sourcing costs include the costs of producing fruit in our owned operations and purchasing fruit from third party growers.  Logistics costs are significantly affected by source locations of fruit, fuel prices and scale efficiencies and include the effect of bunker fuel hedges, which was breakeven and a gain of $1 million for the second quarter of 2014 and 2013, respectively, and breakeven and a gain of $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The second quarter of 2014 also includes $5 million of costs related to vessel changeover, which is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2014.

	Better (Worse)
(In millions)	Q2			YTD
2013 Banana segment operating income	$	53		$	83
Change in Banana segment net sales from above	19			13
Change in Banana segment cost of sales from above	(32		)	(35		)
Other	3			3
2014 Banana segment operating income	$	43		$	64

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BANANA SEGMENT METRICS

Volume. Our banana sales volumes¹ in 40-pound box equivalents were as follows:

(In millions, except percentages)	Q2 2014	Q2 2013	% Change		YTD 2014	YTD 2013	% Change
North America	19.6	18.5	5.8	%	38.0	36.0	5.4	%
Europe and the Middle East:
Core Europe2	9.0	9.2	(2.9	)%	17.6	18.3	(4.1	)%
Mediterranean3	2.5	3.1	(19.1	)%	5.2	6.1	(14.2	)%
Middle East	0.9	0.9	2.4	%	1.8	2.0	(11.7	)%
Europe and the Middle East	12.4	13.2	(6.4	)%	24.6	26.4	(7.0	)%
Total volume	32.0	31.8	0.7	%	62.5	62.4	0.2	%

¹Volume sold represents all banana varieties, including Chiquita to Go, Chiquita minis, organic bananas and plantains.

² Core Europe includes the 28 member states of the European Union, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland. Banana sales in Core Europe are primarily in euros but also include other European currencies.

³ Mediterranean markets are mainly European and Mediterranean countries that do not belong to the European Union.

Pricing. Year-over-year percentage changes in our banana prices for 2014 compared to 2013 were as follows:

	Q2		YTD
North America1	(0.6	)%	(0.6	)%
Core Europe:
Local currency	(0.9	)%	(1.1	)%
Currency exchange impact	5.3	%	4.6	%
Core Europe U.S. Dollar Basis2	4.4	%	3.5	%
Mediterranean	17.8	%	10.9	%
Middle East	12.6	%	0.1	%
Europe and the Middle East	7.9	%	5.4	%

¹ North America pricing includes surcharges to recover fuel-related and other costs. In 2014, our surcharge was expanded to also recover increases in paper costs.

² Prices on a U.S. dollar basis exclude the effect of hedging.

European Exchange Rates. We use hedging instruments (derivatives) to reduce the negative cash flow and earnings effect that any significant decline in the value of the euro would have on the conversion of euro-based revenue into U.S. dollars for up to 18 months in the future. To minimize the volatility that changes in fuel prices could have on the operating results of our core shipping operations, we also use hedging instruments to lock in prices of future bunker fuel purchases for up to three years in the future. Further discussion of hedging risks and instruments can be found under the caption Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk below and Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The average spot and hedged euro exchange rates were as follows:

(Dollars per euro)	Q2 2014		Q2 2013		% Change		YTD 2014		YTD 2013		% Change
Euro average exchange rate, spot	$	1.37	$	1.30	5.3	%	$	1.33	$	1.31	1.6	%
Euro average exchange rate, hedged1	1.36		1.27		7.5	%	1.36		1.27		7.1	%

¹ Only includes realized hedging gains and losses.

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Year over year increases (decreases) in our results related to the effect of European currency was as follows:

(In millions)	Q2			YTD
Net sales:
Change in euro exchange rate	$	12		$	19
Change in realized hedging loss1	4			9
Change in unrealized hedging gain2	2			(2		)
Effect on net sales	17			26
Local costs increase	(2		)	(4		)
Change in balance sheet translation loss3	1			1
Net effect on operating income (loss)	$	16		$	24

Table may not total or recalculate due to rounding.

¹ Second quarter hedging loss was $1 million in 2014 versus a loss of $5 million in the same period of 2013. For the six months ended June 30, 2014 the hedging loss was $3 million versus a loss of $11 million recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2013.

² Hedge accounting was terminated prospectively the first quarter of 2013 for certain currency hedges that were transferred to banks participating in our ABL Credit Facility. These unrealized gains and losses were recognized in "Net sales" for positions originally intended to hedge sales in the second and third quarters of 2013. Termination of hedge accounting did not change the economic purpose or effect to reduce uncertainty in the U.S. dollar realization of euro-denominated sales, but did result in unrealized changes in fair value of these hedge positions to be recognized currently in "Net sales" until the hedge positions settled. The six months ended June 30, 2013 included $2 million of unrealized gains in "Net sales" associated with these option contracts. The second quarter of 2013 included $2 million of unrealized losses in "Net sales" associated with these option contracts. These unrealized changes net to zero in the first nine months of 2013 because all of the affected hedge positions had settled by September 30, 2013.

³ Second quarter balance sheet translation was a net loss of $1 million in 2014 versus a net loss of $3 million in the same period of 2013. For the six months ended June 30, 2014 the balance sheet translation was a net loss of $4 million versus a net loss of $5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2013.

BANANA SEGMENT - OTHER INFORMATION

Concentration of Risk. Our primary markets are in North America and Europe, but we also have sales in the Middle East and other markets. The majority of our sales in the Middle East are in Iran under license from the U.S. government that allows sale of food products to non-sanctioned parties. These sales to Iranian customers are in U.S. dollars and represent $12 million, $17 million and $18 million of "Trade receivables, less allowances" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively. Even though the sales in Iran are permitted, the international sanctions against Iran affected the ability of Iranian customers to pay invoices within terms because it became difficult for them to obtain U.S. dollars, euros or other suitable currencies in sufficient quantity on a regular basis. Over the course of 2012, our receivable balance with these customers increased, and we have established payment plans with each of these customers to reduce their balances. Certain customers have so far been able to find acceptable methods of payment to comply with their payment plans. However, some customers have not, and as a result, we recorded a reserve of $9 million in 2012, with an additional $2 million in 2013 as a result of further delinquency and other repayment risk. We source bananas from the Philippines for sale in the Middle East under a committed-volume, long term purchase contract with a former joint venture partner through 2016. To mitigate risk, we have reduced the amount of volume being sent to the Middle East and have developed customers in other Middle Eastern markets. However, Iran remains an important market for our Philippine-sourced bananas.

Import Regulations. Bananas imported into the European Union ("EU") from Latin America, our primary source of fruit, are subject to a tariff, while bananas imported from African, Caribbean and Pacific sources continue to enter the EU tariff-free. In 2009, the EU and 11 Latin American countries reached the World Trade Organization ("WTO") Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas ("GATB"), under which the EU agreed to reduce tariffs on Latin American bananas annually, from €176 per metric ton ending with a rate of €114 per metric ton by 2019. The GATB resulted in tariff rates per metric ton of €143 in 2011, €136 in 2012 and €132 in both 2013 and 2014, respectively. The EU also signed a WTO agreement with the United States, under which it agreed not to reinstate WTO-illegal tariff quotas or licenses on banana imports.

In another regulatory development, in June 2012, the EU signed free trade area ("FTA") agreements with (i) Colombia and Peru and (ii) the Central American countries. Under both FTA agreements, the EU committed to reduce its banana tariff to €75 per metric ton over ten years for specified volumes of banana exports from each of the countries covered by these FTAs, and further required that the banana volumes assigned to each country under the Central American FTA be administered through export licenses. Implementation of an export license system in the 1990's (subsequently ruled illegal) significantly increased our logistics and other export costs. The EU implemented its FTA with Peru on March 1, 2013; its FTAs with

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Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Colombia on August 1, 2013; its FTAs with Costa Rica and El Salvador on October 1, 2013; and its FTA with Guatemala on December 1, 2013. Because questions remain over how the banana volume and export licensing rules will be applied over time, it is still unclear what, if any, effect the newly implemented FTAs will have on our operations.

On July 17, 2014, the EU also closed a trade agreement with Ecuador, which still needs to be signed and ratified by its government parties before it takes effect.  According to unofficial reports, the agreement grants bananas from Ecuador roughly the same reduced tariffs and country-specific volumes entitled to those rates that the EU-Colombia FTA grants to bananas from Colombia.  It is still not clear if or when the EU-Ecuador agreement will be ratified, but the governments are projecting that implementation will occur in mid-2016.  Until the EU-Ecuador agreement is fully implemented, its effect on our operations, if any, remains unclear.

SALADS AND HEALTHY SNACKS SEGMENT - NET SALES, COST OF SALES & OPERATING INCOME ANALYSIS

	Better (Worse)
(In millions)	Q2			YTD
2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks segment net sales	$	260		$	500
Pricing including mix:
Retail value-added salads	6			2
Healthy snacks, foodservice and other	(1		)	(3		)
Volume:
Retail value-added salads	(3		)	5
Healthy snacks, foodservice and other	(5		)	(10		)
Processed fruit ingredient products, primarily volume	(5		)	(12		)
Exit of European healthy snacking businesses	(4		)	(7		)
Other	1			4
2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks segment net sales	$	249		$	479

	(Better) Worse
(In millions)	Q2			YTD
2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks cost of sales	$	227		$	435
Volume:
Retail value-added salads	(2		)	4
Healthy snacks, foodservice and other	(4		)	(8		)
Mix:
Retail value-added salads	3			4
Healthy snacks, foodservice and other	1			1
Industry input and manufacturing costs:
Retail value-added salads	(4		)	—
Healthy snacks, foodservice and other	(4		)	(8		)
Processed fruit ingredient products, primarily volume	(2		)	(6		)
Exit of European healthy snacking businesses	(3		)	(6		)
Other	2			4
2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks cost of sales	$	214		$	420

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	Better (Worse)
(In millions)	Q2			YTD
2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks segment operating income	$	3		$	10
Change in Salads and Healthy Snacks segment net sales from above	(11		)	(21		)
Change in Salads and Healthy Snacks segment cost of sales from above	13			15
Selling, general and administrative, including marketing	2			—
2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks segment operating income	$	7		$	4

SALADS AND HEALTHY SNACKS SEGMENT METRICS

Volume and average price per case for our retail value-added salads was as follows:

(In millions, except percentages)	Q2 2014	Q2 2013	% Change		YTD 2014	YTD 2013	% Change
Volume of 12-count cases	12.8	13.0	(1.7	)%	25.2	24.7	1.6	%
Average price per case including mix1			4.2	%			1.4	%

¹ Average price per case includes fuel-related and other surcharges. Fuel surcharges generally reset quarterly based on the previous quarter's average fuel index prices.

SALADS AND HEALTHY SNACKS SEGMENT - OTHER INFORMATION

In June 2012, we entered into a 20-year lease agreement for a salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest that replaced three existing facilities in the region. The lease agreement contains two 5-year extension periods. The plant was phased into service during 2013, and the construction costs were finalized on March 31, 2014 resulting in an interest rate of 6.3% to calculate the capital lease liability and future payments. Lease payments will increase annually based on CPI. The total liability related to this facility was $42 million, $38 million and $39 million at June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively, of which approximately $1 million was current at each of those dates. At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, this liability was included as a capital lease obligation on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Though the construction costs were financed by the lessor, we acted as the construction agent and were responsible for all construction activity during the construction period because of the specialized nature of the facility. As a result, we were treated as the owner for accounting purposes during the construction period, resulting in $2 million and $23 million of the liability being included in "Accrued liabilities" and "Other liabilities," respectively, on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2013 for the obligation related to assets that had not yet been placed into service. Our new Midwest salad plant fully met its performance targets in the first six months of 2014 after incurring approximately $18 million in startup costs in 2013, of which $7 million were incurred in the second quarter of 2013.

INTEREST AND LOSS ON DEBT EXTINGUISHMENT

Interest expense was $15 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, and $31 million and $29 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Loss on debt extinguishment in the first six months of 2014 relates to the redemption of $10 million of the 7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 ("7.875% Notes") on January 31, 2014. On February 5, 2013, we issued $425 million of 7.875% Notes, entered into a new asset-based lending facility and used the entire proceeds to retire the 7.5% senior notes due 2014 and a credit facility. Loss on debt extinguishment in the first six months of 2013 resulted from the write-off of deferred financing fees related to the debt that was extinguished.

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET

In the first quarter of 2014, we disposed of a non-core healthy snacking business in Europe, resulting in a loss of $3 million, which was recorded in "Other income (expense), net," which was not allocated to the segment results. Of this loss, $1 million related to cash payments upon disposal. This business represented approximately $2 million in annual net sales and had an insignificant effect on operating income.

In the second quarter of 2013, we sold another non-core healthy snacking business in Europe for €3 million ($4 million) resulting in a gain of $1 million recognized in "Other income (expense), net," which was not allocated to the segment results. This business represented approximately $12 million per year in annual sales and had an insignificant effect on operating income.

We also continue to evaluate the exit of non-core healthy snacking operations in China that represents approximately $4 million in annual sales and an insignificant effect on operating income.

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INCOME TAXES

Income taxes were a net benefit (expense) of $(4) million and $3 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $(10) million and less than $(1) million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. For the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 the difference in the overall effective tax rate from the U.S. statutory rate is due to the existence of valuation allowances in the U.S. and other jurisdictions, as well as the mix of earnings across various jurisdictions and discrete tax items. See further details in Note 12 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We believe our cash position, cash flow generated by operating subsidiaries and borrowing capacity under our ABL Facility (defined below) will provide sufficient cash reserves and liquidity to fund our working capital needs, capital expenditures and debt service requirements for at least twelve months. At June 30, 2014 we had a cash balance of $55 million

and no borrowings under the ABL Revolver (defined below), under which $92 million was available after $24 million was used to support letters of credit. A subsidiary has a committed credit line of approximately €6 million ($8 million) for bank guarantees used primarily for payments due under import licenses and duties in European countries as of the date of this report. We have €6 million ($8 million) of cash equivalents in compensating balance arrangements related to this committed credit line.

In February 2013, we issued $425 million of 7.875% senior secured notes due February 1, 2021 ("7.875% Notes") at 99.274% of par and entered into a 5-year secured asset-based lending facility ("ABL Facility"). The $457 million of net proceeds from issuance of the 7.875% Notes and the initial borrowings of the ABL Facility were used to retire the outstanding Credit Facility and the 7½% Senior Notes at par plus accrued interest. This refinancing significantly extended our debt maturities and reduced the cash required for debt service over the next several years, while still providing the ability to reduce debt with excess cash flow. In January 2014 we redeemed $10 million of the 7.875% Notes at 103% of the principal amount, plus interest to the redemption date.

The ABL Facility consists of a revolver (the "ABL Revolver") and a $7.5 million term loan (the "ABL Term Loan") and matures at the earlier of February 5, 2018 or 60 days prior to the maturity of our existing 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due August 15, 2016, unless such notes have been satisfactorily refinanced. The ABL Facility has a maximum borrowing capacity of $150 million, with the ABL Revolver subject to a borrowing base calculation based on specified percentages of our domestic accounts receivable, certain inventory and certain domestic machinery and equipment with the potential for additional advances against foreign accounts receivable. To fund seasonal working capital needs, we borrowed $20 million and repaid $15 million under the ABL Revolver in the first quarter of 2014, and we borrowed $4 million and repaid $9 million in the second quarter of 2014, which fully repaid the ABL Revolver. The ABL Term Loan requires annual repayments of approximately $2 million. See further information regarding the terms, description of the security and restrictions in Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In the first quarter of 2014, we purchased a group of banana farms in Honduras that were adjacent to farms that we already owned. The purchase included approximately 700 hectares of land, of which nearly 450 hectare are in production, as well as related buildings and equipment. The purchase price was $10 million, of which $3 was paid at closing and the remaining $7 million was financed by the sellers. Our debt to the sellers is payable in annual installments over four years. The agreement did not specify an interest rate, and we calculated the debt balance using the effective rate method and an estimated interest rate of 8%.

Cash provided (used) by operations was $38 million and $62 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Changes in cash flow from operations were primarily driven by changes in operating income.

Cash flow used in investing activities includes capital expenditures of $25 million and $21 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Depending on fuel prices, we can have significant obligations or amounts receivable under our bunker fuel forward arrangements, although we would expect any liability or asset from these arrangements to be offset by the purchase price of fuel. At June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, our bunker fuel forward contracts were a net asset (liability) of $1 million, $1 million and $(2) million, respectively. Depending on euro exchange rates, we can have significant obligations or amounts receivable under our euro-based currency hedging contracts, although we would expect any liability or asset from these contracts to be more than offset by an increase in the dollar realization of the underlying sales denominated in foreign currencies. At June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, our euro-based currency hedging contracts, including those transferred in February 2013 as further described in Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, were a net liability of $1 million, $5 million and $4 million, respectively. The amount ultimately due or receivable will depend upon fuel prices for our bunker fuel forward arrangements or the exchange rate for our euro-based hedging contracts at the dates of settlement. See Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk below and Note 8 and Note 9 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information about our hedging activities. We expect operating cash flows will be sufficient to cover hedging obligations, if any.

We face certain contingent liabilities which are described in Note 16 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements; in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, reserves have not been established for most of the ongoing matters, even when we have been required to deposit payments to preserve our right to appeal some of the Italian customs and tax cases. In connection with these contingent liabilities, we have been required to deposit payments in installments totaling €40 million ($54 million) through 2019 to preserve our right to appeal the customs and tax assessments. Of these assessments, we have deposited €25 million ($35 million) through June 30, 2014, which is included in "Investments and other assets, net" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet pending resolution of the appeals process. Based on rulings described in Note 16 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, approximately €2 million ($2 million) deposited for customs and tax assessments in Genoa will be refunded or applied to deposit requirements in other jurisdictions. Once the Genoa rulings are processed, the remaining installment plans call for annual deposit payments of approximately €4

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million ($6 million) 2014 through 2016, €4 million ($5 million) in 2017 and less than €1 million ($1 million) in 2018 and 2019; however, if we ultimately prevail in these cases, any deposits we have made are also expected to be refunded with interest. Because court rulings have varied, we have not been assessed in similar matters in other jurisdictions, but may be required to make additional payments based on future appeals or court rulings. We presently expect that we would use existing cash and borrowing resources together with operating cash flow to satisfy any such liabilities. It is possible that in future periods we could have to pay damages or other amounts in excess of the installment plans, the exact amount of which would be at the discretion of the applicable court or regulatory body.

In January 2012, as a result of a favorable decision from a court in Salerno, Italy, we received €20 million ($27 million) related to a refund claim we had made with respect to certain consumption taxes paid between 1980 and 1990, and the cash received has been deferred to "Other liabilities" pending final result of the appeal process. If we were to lose on appeal, we may be required to repay the consumption tax refunds received with interest.

Also as described in Note 16 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, in connection with a court judgment against one of our insurance carriers, National Union, we have received $12 million through June 30, 2014 from National Union for defense costs in certain matters. In March 2013, the Ohio Court of Appeals ruled that National Union is not obligated to provide coverage for these defense costs and remanded the case to the trial court to determine whether National Union is entitled to repayment of the defense costs that it has already paid. In June 2014, after remand from the Ohio Court of Appeals the trial court ruled that National Union is entitled to reimbursement of the defense costs that it has already paid. The company expects to appeal that ruling. We have deferred these cash receipts, and an additional $1 million of interest, in "Accrued liabilities" pending resolution of the appeals process.

We have not made dividend payments since 2006. Many of our debt instruments, including the 7.875% Notes and the ABL Facility, which are described in Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, impose limitations on CBII's ability to pay dividends on its common stock. At June 30, 2014, we were in compliance with each of our debt instruments and expect to remain in compliance for at least twelve months. In connection with the proposed combination with Fyffes, which remains subject to shareholder approval by both Chiquita and Fyffes shareholders as well as required regulatory approvals in the European Union and other jurisdictions, we made customary representations and warranties, and agreed to customary covenants limiting our ability to, among other things: issue shares of capital stock; pay dividends; repurchase, redeem or acquire capital stock; redeem, repurchase, prepay or incur indebtedness; enter into, terminate or amend existing material contracts; enter into employment or severance agreements with certain employees; acquire equity interests or assets of third parties; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; and conduct restructuring or reorganization activities. The proposed combination is expected to be completed before the end of 2014.

Risks of International Operations

We operate in many foreign countries, including China and countries in Central America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Our activities are subject to risks inherent in operating in these countries, including government regulation, currency restrictions, fluctuations and other restraints, import and export restrictions, burdensome taxes, additional tax assessments in foreign jurisdictions, risks of expropriation, threats to employees, political and economic instability, terrorist activities including extortion, and risks of U.S. and foreign governmental action in relation to us. Under certain circumstances, we might need to curtail, cease or alter our activities in a particular region or country. Trade restrictions apply to certain countries and certain parties under various sanctions, laws and regulations; our sales into Iran and Syria must be and are authorized by the U.S. government pursuant to these regulations, which generally or by specific license allow sales of our food products to those countries. In order to avoid transactions with parties subject to trade restrictions, we screen parties to our transactions against relevant trade sanctions lists.

See Note 16 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a further description of legal proceedings and other risks including, in particular, (1) the civil litigation and investigations relating to payments made by our former Colombian subsidiary to a Colombian paramilitary group and (2) customs and tax proceedings in Italy.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates described in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

New Accounting Standards

See Note 17 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information on relevant new accounting standards.

* * * * *

This quarterly report contains certain statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, including: the customary risks experienced by global food companies, such as prices for commodity and other inputs, currency exchange rate fluctuations, industry and competitive conditions (all of which may be more unpredictable in light of continuing uncertainty in the global economic environment), government regulations, food safety issues and product recalls affecting the company or the industry, labor relations, burdensome taxes, additional tax assessments in foreign jurisdictions, political instability and terrorism; challenges in implementing the relocation of our corporate headquarters and other North American corporate functions to Charlotte, North Carolina; challenges in implementing restructuring and leadership changes announced in August and October 2012 including our ability to achieve the cost savings and other benefits anticipated from the restructuring; unusual weather events, conditions or crop risks; continued ability to access the capital and credit markets on commercially reasonable terms and comply with the terms of our debt instruments; access to and cost of financing; and the outcome of pending litigation and governmental investigations involving us, as well as the legal fees and other costs incurred in connection with such items.

The forward-looking statements speak as of the date made and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results or developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, and we undertake no obligation to update any such statements.

Item 3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Reference is made to the discussion under Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Market Risk Management – Financial Instruments in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K. As of June 30, 2014, the only material changes from the information presented in the Form 10-K are contained in the information provided below.

Our products are distributed in nearly 70 countries. International sales are made primarily in U.S. dollars and major European currencies. We reduce currency exchange risk from sales originating in currencies other than the U.S. dollar by exchanging local currencies for dollars promptly upon receipt. We consider our exposure, current market conditions and hedging costs in determining when and whether to enter into new hedging instruments to hedge the dollar value of our estimated euro net sales up to 18 months into the future. We may use average rate put options, average rate collars (an average rate put option paired with an average rate call option) and average rate forward contracts to manage our exposure to euro exchange rates. Average rate put options require an upfront premium payment and reduce the risk of a decline in the value of the euro without limiting the benefit of an increase in the value of the euro. Average rate call options sold by us require an upfront premium payment to be received from the counterparty and limit the benefit of an increase in the value of the euro without limiting the risk of a decline in the value of the euro. We may use average rate call options to reduce the cost of currency hedging coverage. In some cases, we may simulate an average rate forward contract by entering into an average rate put and an average rate call at the same strike rate to lock in the future exchange rate of the notional amount ("synthetic average rate forward"). These instruments do not require upfront premium payments. We expect that any loss on these contracts would be more than offset by an increase in the dollar realization of the underlying sales denominated in foreign currencies.

At August 4, 2014, we had:

• Average rate collars for approximately 30% of our expected net sales for the remainder of 2014 and approximately 25% of our expected net sales through September 2015 that protect from a decline in the exchange rate below $1.32 per euro and $1.34 per euro, respectively, and limit the benefit of an increase in the exchange rate above $1.40 per euro and $1.41 per euro, respectively.

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• Average rate forwards and synthetic average rate forwards that lock in the value of the euro for approximately 50% of our expected net sales for the remainder of 2014 and approximately 25% of our expected net sales through September 2015 at $1.36 per euro and $1.37 per euro, respectively.

Our shipping operations are exposed to the risk of rising fuel prices. To reduce the risk of rising fuel prices, we enter into bunker fuel forward contracts (swaps) that allow us to lock in fuel prices up to three years in the future. Bunker fuel forward contracts can offset increases in market fuel prices or can result in higher costs from declines in market fuel prices, but in either case reduce the volatility of changing fuel prices on our results. The price we pay to ship bananas and other produce in container equipment on board third parties' container ships includes an adjustment for fuel costs that is not subject to our hedging program. At June 30, 2014, we had deferred gains (losses) on bunker fuel hedges included in "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)" of less than $(1) million and $1 million that are expected to offset (increase) our cost of bunker fuel in 2014 and 2015, respectively, and represent coverage for expected fuel purchases of approximately 75% and 50%, respectively.

We carry hedging instruments at fair value on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The fair value of the currency hedge portfolio, including those transferred in February 2013 as further described in Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and bunker fuel forward contracts was a net liability of $1 million, $4 million and $7 million at June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013, and June 30, 2013, respectively. A hypothetical 10% increase in the euro currency rates would have resulted in a decline in fair value of the currency hedge portfolio of approximately $34 million at June 30, 2014. However, we expect that any loss on these put and call options would be more than offset by an increase in the dollar realization of the underlying sales denominated in foreign currencies. A hypothetical 10% decrease in bunker fuel rates would result in a decline in fair value of the bunker fuel forward contracts of approximately $6 million at June 30, 2014. However, we expect that any decline in the fair value of these contracts would be offset by a decrease in the cost of underlying fuel purchases.

See Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of our hedging activities. See Note 9 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional discussion of fair value measurements.

DEBT INSTRUMENTS

Although the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets do not present debt at fair value, we have a significant amount of fixed-rate debt whose fair value could fluctuate as a result of changes in prevailing market rates. At June 30, 2014, we had $615 million principal balance of fixed-rate debt, which included the 7.875% Notes and the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes. The $200 million principal balance of the Convertible Notes is greater than their $170 million carrying value due to the accounting standards for convertible notes such as ours that are described in Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. The $415 million principal balance of the 7.875% Notes is greater than their $412 million carrying value due to the related discount that will be amortized over the life of the 7.875% Notes. A hypothetical 0.50% increase in interest rates would have resulted in a decline in the fair value of our fixed-rate debt of approximately $13 million at June 30, 2014.

The refinancing activities in 2013 significantly reduced our exposure to changes in variable interest rates to a nominal amount.

Item 4 – Controls and Procedures

EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are (a) accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and (b) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. An evaluation was carried out by management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness as of June 30, 2014 of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date.

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

There were no changes during the quarter ended June 30, 2014 in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15f under the Exchange Act that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to affect our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – Other Information

Item 1 – Legal Proceedings

The information included in Note 16 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding the Colombia Related Matters and the Italian Customs and Tax Cases is incorporated by reference into this Item.

Item 6 – Exhibits

Exhibit 3.1 – Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation

Exhibit 31.1 – Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2 – Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32 – Section 1350 Certifications

Exhibit 101.INS – XBRL Instance Document

Exhibit 101.SCH – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

Exhibit 101.CAL – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.DEF – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.PRE – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.LAB – XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:	/s/ Joseph B. Johnson
	Joseph B. Johnson
	Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

August 7, 2014

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION OF

FOURTH RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey (the “Corporation”), pursuant to the provisions of Section 14A:9-2(4) and Section 14A:9-5(3) of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, does hereby certify:

1.    (a)    Name. The name of the Corporation is Chiquita Brands International, Inc.

(b)    Prior Restatement. A Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed by the Corporation with the Treasurer of the State of New Jersey on March 19, 2002 (the “Existing Certificate”).

2.    The Existing Certificate is hereby further amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit I annexed hereto and made a part hereof by this reference (the “Restated Certificate”).

3.    The Restated Certificate was duly adopted as of May 22, 2014 by vote of the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a duly called meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation.

4.    The number of shares of all series of the Corporation’s stock entitled to vote for such amendment and restatement was 46,911,372 shares of Common Stock.

5.    The number of shares of Common Stock which voted for such amendment and restatement as set forth in the Restated Certificate was 35,045,031. The number of shares of Common Stock which voted against such amendment and restatement was 948,649.

The remainder of this page is intentionally blank.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Chiquita Brands International, Inc. has caused this Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by its duly authorized officer as of the 27^th day of May, 2014.

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

By: /s/ James E. Thompson    

James E. Thompson

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

EXHIBIT I

FOURTH RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey (the “Corporation”), hereby amends and restates its Certificate of Incorporation to read in full as herein set forth.

ARTICLE ONE

The name of the Corporation is CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

ARTICLE TWO

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of New Jersey is 820 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, County of Mercer, New Jersey 08628, and the name of its registered agent therein and in charge thereof upon whom process against the Corporation may be served is The Corporation Trust Company. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of New Jersey as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE THREE

The purposes for which the Corporation is organized are to engage in any activity within the purposes for which corporations now or at any time hereafter may be organized under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act and under all amendments and supplements thereto, or any act enacted to take the place thereof.

ARTICLE FOUR

Section 1.Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is 170,000,000 shares, consisting of:

(a) 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”); and

(b) 150,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”).

The Preferred Stock and the Common Stock shall have the rights, preferences and limitations set forth below.

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Section 2.Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time and in one or more class or classes and series within any class or classes. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized to determine or alter the designation and the number of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock, and the relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock and to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding) the number of shares of any such class or series of Preferred Stock. In the event that the number of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which such shares had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series of Preferred Stock subject to the requirements of applicable law. All shares of Preferred Stock of any class or series shall have the right to vote with the Common Stock as a single class on all matters upon which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote, but the number of votes per share of Preferred Stock of any class or series shall be as stated in the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors determining the relative rights, preferences and limitations of such class or series of Preferred Stock. No holder of Preferred Stock shall have any preemptive, subscription, redemption, conversion or sinking fund rights with respect to the Preferred Stock, or to any securities, rights or obligations convertible (directly or indirectly) into any class or series of stock of the Corporation whether now or hereafter authorized, except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.Common Stock.

(a)Dividends. Except as otherwise provided by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act or this Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the holders of Common Stock: (i) subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, shall share ratably in all dividends payable in cash, stock or otherwise and other distributions, whether in respect of liquidation or dissolution (voluntary or involuntary) or otherwise and (ii) are subject to all the powers, rights, privileges, preferences and priorities of any class or series of Preferred Stock.

(b)Conversion Rights. The Common Stock shall not be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same class of the Corporation’s capital stock.

(c)Preemptive Rights. No holder of Common Stock shall have any preemptive or subscription rights with respect to the Common Stock, Preferred Stock, or to any securities, rights or obligations convertible (directly or indirectly) into, or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for, stock of the Corporation whether now or hereafter authorized.

(d)Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act or this Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, all of the voting power of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be vested in the holders of the Common Stock, and each holder of Common Stock shall have one vote for each share held by such holder on all matters voted upon by the shareholders of the Corporation.

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ARTICLE FIVE

The number of directors constituting the Corporation’s current Board of Directors is eight (8). The names and addresses of the persons currently serving as said directors are set forth below:

Name	Address
Kerrii B. Anderson	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Howard W. Barker, Jr.	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Craig E. Huss	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Clare M. Hasler-Lewis	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Edward F. Lonergan	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Jeffrey N. Simmons	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Steven P. Stanbrook	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina
Ronald V. Waters III	550 South Caldwell Street, Charlotte, North Carolina

ARTICLE SIX

Section 1.The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of not less than three (3) nor more than twenty (20) persons who shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Subject to any rights of the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the actual number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

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Section 2.The number of directors may at any time be increased or decreased only by the vote of the Board of Directors and in case of any such increase the Board of Directors shall have power to elect such additional directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified, but in no event may the Board of Directors decrease the number of directors unless the directorships to be eliminated are vacant.

Section 3.Any directorship not filled at the annual meeting, vacancies occurring on the Board of Directors for any reason and newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled only by vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, even though less than a quorum, at any meeting of the Board of Directors. A person so elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

Section 4.A director may be removed from office only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors voting together as a single class; providedthat if the holders of any class or series of capital stock are entitled by the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation to elect one or more directors, each director or directors so elected may be removed only for cause and only by the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of that class or series entitled to vote.

ARTICLE SEVEN

Section 1.Meetings of Shareholders. Subject to any rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock and except as otherwise required by New Jersey law, (a) any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders of the Corporation must be effected at an annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation and may not be effected in lieu thereof by any consent in writing by less than all of the shareholders and (b) a special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation may be called only by either (i) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number of Directors then in office or (ii) the president or chief executive officer of the Corporation.

Section 2.Business Brought Before a Meeting. At any meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by any shareholder of the Corporation who was an Eligible Shareholder at the time of giving of notice as provided below, who is entitled to vote on business of the type which such Eligible Shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting and who shall have complied with the notice procedures set forth below. For business to be properly brought before a meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing and in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2 to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 60 days prior to the first

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anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; providedthat in the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date or if no such annual meeting was held during the immediately preceding calendar year, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date set for the meeting was made, and (b) in the case of a special meeting, not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date set for the meeting was made. A shareholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth (a) written statements and information necessary to demonstrate that the shareholder qualifies as an Eligible Shareholder as of the date of such notice, and (b) as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and any material interest of the shareholder in such business. The Board of Directors, the president of the Corporation, or any other officer to whom authority has been delegated by either the Board of Directors or the president of the Corporation shall determine if the subject matter of any timely shareholder notice given in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2 is an appropriate subject to be brought before the meeting. The person presiding at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting, whether as a result of a failure by the shareholder to comply with the procedures set forth in this Section, a determination that the subject matter is not an appropriate subject to be brought before the meeting, or otherwise; if the presiding person should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, no business proposed by a shareholder shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2. Nothing in this Section 2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or any successor provision thereto.

Section 3.Nominations.

(a)Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3 shall be eligible to serve as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of shareholders (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (2) by any shareholder of the Corporation who was an Eligible Shareholder at the time of giving of notice provided for in Section 3(b) below, who is entitled to vote generally in the election of directors at the meeting and who shall have complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 3(b) below.

(b)In order for a shareholder to nominate a person for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a meeting of shareholders, such shareholder shall have delivered timely notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination in writing and in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3 to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 60 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; providedthat in the event that the date of the annual meeting

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is changed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date or if no such annual meeting was held during the immediately preceding calendar year, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered to or mailed and received not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date set for the meeting was made, and (b) in the case of a special meeting at which directors are to be elected, not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date set for the meeting was made. A shareholder’s notice to the secretary of the Corporation shall set forth (a) written statements and information necessary to demonstrate that the shareholder qualifies as an Eligible Shareholder as of the date of such notice, and (b) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director at such meeting, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required (including such person’s written consent to serving as a director if elected) pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act or any successor provision thereto.

No person shall be eligible to serve as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3. The person presiding at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures set forth in by this Section 3, and if the presiding person should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the nomination shall be disregarded. A shareholder seeking to nominate a person to serve as a director must also comply with all other applicable legal requirements.

Section 4.Definitions. For purposes of this Article Seven, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)Eligible Shareholder. A person (the “Proposing Person”) who proposes to bring business before, or to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at, a meeting of shareholders of the Corporation (the “Meeting of Shareholders”) shall be deemed to be an Eligible Shareholder with respect to shares of the Corporation as of the date of giving notice to the Corporation pursuant to Section 2 or Section 3, as the case may be, of this Article Seven of such proposed business or nomination(s) (the “Notice Date”) if:

(i)in the case where the Proposing Person holds shares of record, (A) the Proposing Person has provided the Corporation with a written statement setting forth (x) the name and address of the Proposing Person, as they appear on the Corporation’s official record of shareholders, and the number of shares of the Corporation of a class entitled to vote at the Meeting of Shareholders on the business or nomination(s), as the case may be, proposed by the Proposing Person to be brought before, or to be made at, such Meeting which were held of record by the Proposing Person as of the Notice Date, and (y) that the Proposing Person intends to hold such shares continuously through the date of the Meeting of Shareholders, and (B) the Corporation verifies to its reasonable satisfaction that the Proposing Person was in fact reflected in the Corporation’s official record of shareholders as the holder of record of such shares as of the Notice Date.

(ii)in the case where the Proposing Person holds shares beneficially but not of record, (A) the Proposing Person has provided the Corporation with (1) the name and address of

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the Proposing Person, (2) either (x) a written statement from the holder of record of the shares beneficially owned by the Proposing Person setting forth the name and address of such holder of record, as they appear on the Corporation’s official record of shareholders, and the number of shares of the Corporation of a class entitled to vote at the Meeting of Shareholders on the business or nomination(s), as the case may be, proposed by the Proposing Person to be brought before, or to be made at, such Meeting of Shareholders which were held of record by such holder of record for the benefit of the Proposing Person as of the Notice Date, or (y) a Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, Form 3, Form 4 and/or Form 5 (as filed pursuant to Section 13 or Section 16, as of the case may be, of the Exchange Act or any successors to such Schedules or Forms filed pursuant to such Sections or pursuant to any successor provisions thereto), and all subsequent amendments to and updates of such Schedules and/or Forms, reflecting the Proposing Person’s ownership of shares of the Corporation of a class entitled to vote at the Meeting of Shareholders on the business or nomination(s), as the case may be, proposed by the Proposing Person to be brought before, or to be made at, such Meeting, together with a written statement that the Proposing Person has continuously held the shares reflected as being owned by the Proposing Person in such Schedules and/or Forms (as most recently amended or updated) through the Notice Date, and (3) a written statement that the Proposing Person intends to hold such shares continuously through the date of the Meeting of Shareholders, and (B) the Corporation verifies to its reasonable satisfaction that, in the case of clause (2) (x) above, such holder of record was in fact reflected in the Corporation’s official record of shareholders as the holder of record of such shares as of the Notice Date, or, in the case of clause (2) (y) above, the information provided by the Proposing Person accurately reflects the information in the applicable Schedules or Forms on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

ARTICLE EIGHT

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.

ARTICLE NINE

Section 1.Limitation of Liability.

(c)For purposes of this ARTICLE NINE, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)“Expenses” shall mean all reasonable costs, disbursements, fees of attorneys, accountants and other professionals, expert fees, investigative fees and all other similar expenses.

(2)“Indemnitee” shall mean a director, officer or employee, or trustee or other fiduciary of the Corporation or any employee benefit plan adopted or sponsored by the Corporation, or a director, officer, employee, trustee or other fiduciary, member, partner of, or persons serving in a similar capacity with any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise which such person is serving at the request of the Corporation. Any person serving simultaneously as a director, officer or employee of the Corporation and as a director, officer, employee, trustee or other fiduciary, member, partner of, or in a similar capacity with (i) any enterprise in which the Corporation owns at least 20% of the equity interests of such enterprise or (ii) any employee benefit plan adopted or sponsored

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by such an enterprise, shall be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request of the Corporation.

(3)“Liabilities” shall mean all Expenses and any and all amounts paid or incurred in satisfaction of settlements, judgments, fines, and penalties (including, without limitation, any excise taxes imposed in connection with service as a fiduciary of an employee benefit plan).

(4)“Proceeding” shall mean any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or arbitration action (or other form of alternative dispute resolution), suit, or proceeding, including, without limitation, any proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation, or any appeal thereof, or any inquiry or investigation which could lead to such action, suit, or proceeding.

(d)To the fullest extent permitted by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, an officer or director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty, except that nothing contained herein shall relieve an officer or a director from liability for breach of a duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law, or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit. Any amendment or modification of the foregoing provision or the applicable provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an officer or a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment or modification, and such right or protection shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an officer or a director and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executor and administrators of such a person.

(e)Each person who was or is made a party, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved (including as a witness) in any pending, threatened, or completed (by judgment, settlement or otherwise) Proceeding by reason of his or her being or having been an Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent not prohibited by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said Act permitted prior to such amendment), from and against any and all Liabilities incurred or suffered in connection with any such Proceeding, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an Indemnitee and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as set forth in Section 2 of this ARTICLE NINE, the Corporation shall indemnify any person seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was specifically authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(f)The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE NINE (1) shall be a contract right (and any subsequent repeal of, or amendment to, this ARTICLE NINE shall not affect the right to indemnification based upon any act or omission while this ARTICLE NINE is in effect), (2) is intended to be retroactive to events occurring prior to the adoption of this ARTICLE NINE to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and (3) shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the Expenses incurred in connection with any Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such

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Proceeding; providedthat if the New Jersey Business Corporation Act or the Board of Directors so requires, the payment of such Expenses in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this ARTICLE NINE or otherwise.

Section 2.Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 1 of this ARTICLE NINE is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty (30) days after a written request has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may, at any time thereafter, apply to a court for an award of indemnification by the Corporation for the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if successful on the merits or otherwise in connection with any such Proceeding, or in the defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, the claimant shall be entitled also to be paid by the Corporation any and all Expenses incurred or suffered in connection with such Proceeding. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advancement of Expenses incurred in connection with any Proceeding where the required undertaking, if any, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such Proceeding that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, nor the termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

Section 3.Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and advancement of Expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this ARTICLE NINE shall not exclude or be exclusive of any other rights to which any person (including agents) may be entitled under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, agreement, vote of shareholders, statute or otherwise; providedthat no indemnification shall be made to or on behalf of such person if a final, non-appealable judgment or adjudication adverse to such person establishes that such person’s acts or omissions (a) were in breach of his duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its shareholders, (b) were not in good faith or involved a knowing violation of law, or (c) resulted in such person’s receipt of an improper personal benefit.

Section 4.Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Indemnitee against any Liabilities incurred or asserted against him in any Proceeding by reason of such person’s being or having been such an Indemnitee, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such Expenses and Liabilities under the provisions of this ARTICLE NINE or otherwise.

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Section 5.Reliance. Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain Indemnitees or who, while an Indemnitee, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of Expenses and other rights contained in this ARTICLE NINE in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of Expenses conferred in this ARTICLE NINE shall apply to claims made against an Indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof.

Section 6.Merger or Consolidation. For purposes of this ARTICLE NINE, references to the “Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers and employees, so that any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee, member, partner or persons serving in a similar capacity of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this ARTICLE NINE with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

ARTICLE TEN

The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside of the State of New Jersey at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. The Board of Directors shall have power from time to time to determine to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulation the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of shareholders; and no shareholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of New Jersey.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE TWELVE

Unless otherwise provided by this Certificate of Incorporation or by law, and subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock, whenever any action, other than the election of directors, is to be taken by vote of the shareholders, it shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the provisions of this Article Twelve shall be applicable to all actions taken by vote of the shareholders that would otherwise require the affirmative vote of greater than the majority of the votes cast as the result of provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act applicable to corporations organized prior to January 1, 1969.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. has made this Certificate under the signature of its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary this 27th day of May, 2014.

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

/s/ James E. Thompson            

By:    James E. Thompson

Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

I, Edward F. Lonergan, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chiquita Brands International, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 7, 2014	/s/ Edward F. Lonergan
	Title: Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

I, Rick P. Frier, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Chiquita Brands International, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 7, 2014	/s/ Rick P. Frier
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

EX-32

Exhibit 32

Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (the "company") does hereby certify, to such officer's knowledge, that:

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 of the company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the company.

Dated: August 7, 2014	/s/ Edward F. Lonergan
	Name: Edward F. Lonergan
	Title: Chief Executive Officer
Dated: August 7, 2014	/s/ Rick P. Frier
	Name: Rick P. Frier
	Title: Chief Financial Officer

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Statement of Cash Flows (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2013

Condensed Cash Flow Statement [Table Text Block]

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)		(Co-Issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash provided (used) by:
Operating cash flow	$	—	$	22,112		$	2,630		$	13,441		$	—		$	38,183
Capital expenditures	—		(1,607		)	(4,910		)	(18,805		)	—			(25,322		)
Investing activity with subsidiaries 1	—		(2,926		)	(570		)	—			3,496			—
Other, net	—		—			44			(1,022		)	—			(978		)
Investing cash flow	—		(4,533		)	(5,436		)	(19,827		)	3,496			(26,300		)
Issuances of long-term debt	—		—			—			—			—			—
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	—		(10,750		)	(120		)	(26		)	—			(10,896		)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	—		24,000			—			—			—			24,000
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	—		(24,000		)	—			—			—			(24,000		)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	—		—			—			—			—			—
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	—		(191		)	—			—			—			(191		)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	—		(300		)	—			—			—			(300		)
Financing activity with subsidiaries 1	—		—			2,926			570			(3,496		)	—
Financing cash flow	—		(11,241		)	2,806			544			(3,496		)	(11,387		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	—		6,338			—			(5,842		)	—			496
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	—		15,851			—			38,166			—			54,017
Cash and equivalents, end of period	$	—	$	22,189		$	—		$	32,324		$	—		$	54,513

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Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)			(Co-Issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Cash provided (used) by:
Operating cash flow	$	(4,420	)	$	35,695		$	8,968		$	22,202		$	—		$	62,445
Capital expenditures	—			(1,657		)	(12,013		)	(7,816		)	—			(21,486		)
Investing activity with subsidiaries	—			—			(451		)	—			451			—
Other, net	1,819			—			3,598			5,591			—			11,008
Investing cash flow	1,819			(1,657		)	(8,866		)	(2,225		)	451			(10,478		)
Issuances of long-term debt	—			429,415			—			—			—			429,415
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	—			(411,941		)	(102		)	(33		)	—			(412,076		)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	—			36,590			—			—			—			36,590
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	—			(36,590		)	—			—			—			(36,590		)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	—			(40,000		)	—			—			—			(40,000		)
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	—			(13,364		)	—			—			—			(13,364		)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	—			—			—			—			—			—
Financing activity with subsidiaries	—			393			—			58			(451		)	—
Financing cash flow	—			(35,497		)	(102		)	25			(451		)	(36,025		)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	(2,601		)	(1,459		)	—			20,002			—			15,942
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	2,601			12,704			—			35,721			—			51,026
Cash and equivalents, end of period	$	—		$	11,245		$	—		$	55,723		$	—		$	66,968

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations - Other Debt (Details) (USD $)	Jun. 30, 2014 ha
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Hectares of land	700
Farms purchase price	$ 10,000,000
Cash paid for farms	3,000,000
Other debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount financed for farms purchase	$ 6,541,000
Effective interest rate	8.00%
Land [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Hectares of land	450

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Inventories (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013
Inventory, Net [Abstract]
Finished goods	$ 69,411	$ 69,450	$ 67,908
Growing crops	74,356	74,985	78,951
Raw materials, supplies and other	67,544	66,129	71,576
Inventory, net	$ 211,311	$ 210,564	$ 218,435

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Stock-Based Compensation - Changes in Capital Surplus (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Stock-based compensation	$ 1,820	$ 1,876	$ 3,676	$ 3,828
Shares withheld for taxes	(30)	(2)	(257)	(332)
Capital surplus increase	$ 1,790	$ 1,874	$ 3,419	$ 3,496

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Hedging - Foreign Currency and Fuel Derivatives Narrative (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014 Bunker fuel forward contracts
Derivative [Line Items]
Realized gain (loss) on foreign currency derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments recorded in Net sales	$ (1,127,000)
Unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency derivative instruments not designated as hedges recorded in Net sales	1,677,000
Amount of unrealized net losses on foreign currency cash flow hedging portfolio that would be reclassified to net income, if realized in the next twelve months		1,000,000
Maximum period for which the company locks in fuel purchase prices			3 years
Amount of unrealized net gains on bunker fuel hedging portfolio that would be reclassified to net income, if realized in the next twelve months			$ 1,000,000

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Statement of Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Net sales	$ 825,847	$ 812,171	$ 1,587,837	$ 1,586,423
Cost of sales	716,307	693,346	1,401,559	1,372,497
Selling, general and administrative	57,708	62,484	117,558	116,261
Depreciation	13,089	13,455	26,588	27,082
Amortization	2,342	2,341	4,683	4,683
Equity in earnings of investees	(332)	(72)	(332)	(72)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	41	460	258
Operating income	36,733	40,576	37,321	65,714
Interest income	641	775	1,305	1,507
Interest expense	(15,299)	(14,778)	(30,767)	(29,342)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	(521)	(6,275)
Other income (expense), net	(242)	1,568	(4,136)	2,123
Income before income taxes	21,833	28,141	3,202	33,727
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,997)	2,959	(9,969)	(250)
Net income (loss)	17,836	31,100	(6,767)	33,477
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Net sales	(255,948)	(230,615)	(498,534)	(461,124)
Cost of sales	(255,925)	(230,613)	(498,124)	(461,105)
Selling, general and administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation	0	0	0	0
Amortization	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of investees	81,285	89,690	85,282	143,253
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	0	0	0
Operating income	(81,308)	(89,692)	(85,692)	(143,272)
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	0
Other income (expense), net	23	1	410	19
Income before income taxes	(81,285)	(89,691)	(85,282)	(143,253)
Income tax benefit (expense)	12,288	570	11,577	3,572
Net income (loss)	(68,997)	(89,121)	(73,705)	(139,681)
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Cost of sales	0	(96)	0	0
Selling, general and administrative	10,333	11,453	23,700	19,405
Depreciation	0	0	0	0
Amortization	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of investees	(37,463)	(44,500)	(37,368)	(64,312)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	0	460	0
Operating income	27,130	33,143	13,208	44,907
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Interest expense	(5,295)	(5,002)	(10,587)	(11,374)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	(843)
Other income (expense), net	(2)	0	581	1,037
Income before income taxes	21,833	28,141	3,202	33,727
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,997)	2,959	(9,969)	(250)
Net income (loss)	17,836	31,100	(6,767)	33,477
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net sales	225,172	201,929	434,216	386,971
Cost of sales	217,303	186,841	419,303	366,654
Selling, general and administrative	4,724	5,034	8,511	8,741
Depreciation	1,094	1,011	2,370	2,459
Amortization	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of investees	(44,600)	(45,195)	(52,165)	(78,914)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	82	0	153
Operating income	46,651	54,156	56,197	87,878
Interest income	0	6	2	11
Interest expense	(9,175)	(9,663)	(18,406)	(17,820)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	(521)	(5,432)
Other income (expense), net	(13)	1	96	(325)
Income before income taxes	37,463	44,500	37,368	64,312
Income tax benefit (expense)	(6,069)	(317)	(6,412)	606
Net income (loss)	31,394	44,183	30,956	64,918
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net sales	318,525	329,311	611,798	637,037
Cost of sales	276,824	292,378	539,696	563,149
Selling, general and administrative	21,644	23,750	43,816	43,428
Depreciation	6,819	6,957	13,018	13,656
Amortization	2,336	2,335	4,671	4,671
Equity in earnings of investees	778	5	4,251	(27)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	(41)	0	108
Operating income	10,124	3,927	6,346	12,052
Interest income	1	48	34	102
Interest expense	(683)	(110)	(1,567)	(125)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	0
Other income (expense), net	84	64	(367)	165
Income before income taxes	9,526	3,929	4,446	12,194
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,728)	(1,562)	(1,760)	(4,836)
Net income (loss)	5,798	2,367	2,686	7,358
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Net sales	538,098	511,546	1,040,357	1,023,539
Cost of sales	478,105	444,836	940,684	903,799
Selling, general and administrative	21,007	22,247	41,531	44,687
Depreciation	5,176	5,487	11,200	10,967
Amortization	6	6	12	12
Equity in earnings of investees	(332)	(72)	(332)	(72)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	0	0	(3)
Operating income	34,136	39,042	47,262	64,149
Interest income	640	721	1,269	1,394
Interest expense	(146)	(3)	(207)	(23)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	0
Other income (expense), net	(334)	1,502	(4,856)	1,227
Income before income taxes	34,296	41,262	43,468	66,747
Income tax benefit (expense)	(2,491)	1,309	(3,405)	658
Net income (loss)	$ 31,805	$ 42,571	$ 40,063	$ 67,405

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Trade and Finance Receivables - Finance Receivables Allowance (Details) (Grower receivables, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
Grower receivables
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable [Roll Forward]
Reserve at beginning of period	$ 32,877	$ 32,877	$ 36,830	$ 36,854
Charged to costs and expenses	0	0	35	26
Recoveries	(100)	0	(51)	(51)
Write-offs	0		(2,910)
Foreign exchange and other	0	0	0	1
Reserve at end of period	$ 32,777	$ 32,877	$ 33,904	$ 36,830

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Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

Financial information for each segment follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net sales:
Bananas	$	537,340		$	517,692		$	1,038,871		$	1,025,643
Salads and Healthy Snacks	249,317			260,218			478,928			500,290
Other Produce	39,190			34,261			70,038			60,490
	$	825,847		$	812,171		$	1,587,837		$	1,586,423
Operating income (loss):
Bananas1	$	43,332		$	53,168		$	64,021		$	83,399
Salads and Healthy Snacks2	7,227			2,993			3,742			9,750
Other Produce	30			(43		)	125			(421		)
Corporate costs3	(13,856		)	(15,542		)	(30,567		)	(27,014		)
	$	36,733		$	40,576		$	37,321		$	65,714

¹ Includes $5 million of cost related to the changeover of vessels at the end of the leases and a $1 million gain on the sale of a ripening facility in Europe in the second quarter of 2014.

² Includes $2 million of cost in the second quarter of 2014 related to inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives. Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2013 for severance costs related to a fruit ingredient business.

³ Includes $3 million and $9 million of costs for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, for the proposed combination with Fyffes.

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Immaterial Error Correction	0.01
Cash and equivalents	$ 54,017		$ 54,513	$ 66,968	$ 51,026
Trade receivables, less allowances	252,068		271,895	302,725
Other receivables, net	56,273		60,575	68,486
Inventories	210,564		211,311	218,435
Prepaid expenses	49,733		39,139	41,466
Due from Related Parties, Current	0	[1]	0	0
Other current assets	6,540		7,396	18,837
Assets, Current	629,195		644,829	716,917
Property, plant and equipment, net	390,773		399,862	393,840
Investments and other assets, net	108,077		109,747	88,173
Trademarks	426,085		426,085	426,085
Goodwill	18,095		18,095	18,095
Other intangible assets, net	86,913		82,229	91,596
Investments In, And Accounts With, Subsidiaries	0		0	0
Assets	1,659,138		1,680,847	1,734,706
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	2,271		4,610	3,078
Accounts payable	248,273		251,579	273,784
Accrued liabilities	158,034	[1]	169,261	153,171
Due to Related Parties, Current	0	[1]	0	0
Liabilities, Current	408,578		425,450	430,033
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	629,353		632,492	598,725
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	77,066		80,274	79,709
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	6,290		0	13,356
Deferred tax liabilities	103,679		106,784	110,122
Other liabilities	59,734		59,593	88,047
Liabilities	1,284,700		1,304,593	1,319,992
Commitments and contingencies	0		0	0
Total shareholders' equity	374,438		376,254	414,714
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	1,659,138		1,680,847	1,734,706
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Cash and equivalents	0		0	0	0
Trade receivables, less allowances	0		0	0
Other receivables, net	0		(837)	0
Inventories	0		0	0
Prepaid expenses	0		0	0
Due from Related Parties, Current	(3,892,575)	[1]	(4,178,295)	(3,568,129)
Other current assets	(8,964)		(9,014)	(9,789)
Assets, Current	(3,901,539)		(4,188,146)	(3,577,918)
Property, plant and equipment, net	0		0	0
Investments and other assets, net	(5,778)		(6,397)	(12,946)
Trademarks	0		0	0
Goodwill	0		0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0		0	0
Investments In, And Accounts With, Subsidiaries	(2,478,986)		(2,570,182)	(2,452,695)
Assets	(6,386,303)		(6,764,725)	(6,043,559)
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	0		0	0
Accounts payable	0		0	0
Accrued liabilities	(8,964)	[1]	(9,851)	(9,789)
Due to Related Parties, Current	(3,892,575)	[1]	(4,178,295)	(3,568,129)
Liabilities, Current	(3,901,539)		(4,188,146)	(3,577,918)
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	0		0	0
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	0		0	0
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	0		0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	(5,778)		(6,397)	(12,946)
Other liabilities	0		0	0
Liabilities	(3,907,317)		(4,194,543)	(3,590,864)
Commitments and contingencies	0		0	0
Total shareholders' equity	(2,478,986)		(2,570,182)	(2,452,695)
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	(6,386,303)		(6,764,725)	(6,043,559)
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Cash and equivalents	0		0	0	2,601
Trade receivables, less allowances	0		0	0
Other receivables, net	1,061		0	0
Inventories	0		0	0
Prepaid expenses	1,024		954	1,100
Due from Related Parties, Current	71,604	[1]	57,210	91,171
Other current assets	0		0	0
Assets, Current	73,689		58,164	92,271
Property, plant and equipment, net	0		0	0
Investments and other assets, net	20,999		21,309	13,939
Trademarks	0		0	0
Goodwill	0		0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0		0	0
Investments In, And Accounts With, Subsidiaries	1,402,089		1,439,143	1,390,962
Assets	1,496,777		1,518,616	1,497,172
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	0		0	0
Accounts payable	1,126		3,143	1,408
Accrued liabilities	36,511	[1]	33,224	27,997
Due to Related Parties, Current	903,865	[1]	919,544	878,915
Liabilities, Current	941,502		955,911	908,320
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	164,050		170,053	158,400
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	15,223		14,592	13,355
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	0		0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	115		235	115
Other liabilities	1,449		1,571	2,268
Liabilities	1,122,339		1,142,362	1,082,458
Commitments and contingencies	0		0	0
Total shareholders' equity	374,438		376,254	414,714
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	1,496,777		1,518,616	1,497,172
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Cash and equivalents	15,851		22,189	11,245	12,704
Trade receivables, less allowances	49,325		56,360	50,087
Other receivables, net	402		999	1,254
Inventories	15,567		10,831	8,738
Prepaid expenses	3,661		1,631	997
Due from Related Parties, Current	2,060,284	[1]	2,168,269	1,915,143
Other current assets	2,751		3,587	1,488
Assets, Current	2,147,841		2,263,866	1,988,952
Property, plant and equipment, net	20,258		17,733	22,659
Investments and other assets, net	13,994		12,555	27,245
Trademarks	208,085		208,085	208,085
Goodwill	0		0	0
Other intangible assets, net	0		0	0
Investments In, And Accounts With, Subsidiaries	1,073,711		1,129,504	1,058,544
Assets	3,463,889		3,631,743	3,305,485
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	1,500		1,500	1,500
Accounts payable	8,150		4,937	6,590
Accrued liabilities	27,420	[1]	23,735	36,231
Due to Related Parties, Current	1,520,539	[1]	1,668,253	1,346,777
Liabilities, Current	1,557,609		1,698,425	1,391,098
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	427,049		416,450	427,775
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	2,818		2,882	7,842
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	0		0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	66,142		66,653	78,422
Other liabilities	8,182		8,190	9,386
Liabilities	2,061,800		2,192,600	1,914,523
Commitments and contingencies	0		0	0
Total shareholders' equity	1,402,089		1,439,143	1,390,962
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	3,463,889		3,631,743	3,305,485
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Cash and equivalents	0		0	0	0
Trade receivables, less allowances	51,189		60,229	69,789
Other receivables, net	5,140		4,452	5,407
Inventories	34,831		34,668	39,240
Prepaid expenses	11,040		9,137	8,891
Due from Related Parties, Current	1,270,479	[1]	1,394,702	1,140,707
Other current assets	12,753		12,823	17,024
Assets, Current	1,385,432		1,516,011	1,281,058
Property, plant and equipment, net	201,346		197,730	209,802
Investments and other assets, net	3,644		4,466	3,365
Trademarks	38,500		38,500	38,500
Goodwill	18,095		18,095	18,095
Other intangible assets, net	86,853		82,182	91,525
Investments In, And Accounts With, Subsidiaries	3,186		1,535	3,189
Assets	1,737,056		1,858,519	1,645,534
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	726		1,622	1,549
Accounts payable	89,352		89,973	92,368
Accrued liabilities	57,984	[1]	62,527	60,183
Due to Related Parties, Current	1,122,258	[1]	1,225,080	1,020,063
Liabilities, Current	1,270,320		1,379,202	1,174,163
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	38,147		40,812	12,550
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	0		0	0
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	0		0	0
Deferred tax liabilities	42,539		46,293	38,739
Other liabilities	8,885		9,427	35,717
Liabilities	1,359,891		1,475,734	1,261,169
Commitments and contingencies	0		0	0
Total shareholders' equity	377,165		382,785	384,365
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	1,737,056		1,858,519	1,645,534
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Cash and equivalents	38,166		32,324	55,723	35,721
Trade receivables, less allowances	151,554		155,306	182,849
Other receivables, net	49,670		55,961	61,825
Inventories	160,166		165,812	170,457
Prepaid expenses	34,008		27,417	30,478
Due from Related Parties, Current	490,208	[1]	558,114	421,108
Other current assets	0		0	10,114
Assets, Current	923,772		994,934	932,554
Property, plant and equipment, net	169,169		184,399	161,379
Investments and other assets, net	75,218		77,814	56,570
Trademarks	179,500		179,500	179,500
Goodwill	0		0	0
Other intangible assets, net	60		47	71
Investments In, And Accounts With, Subsidiaries	0		0	0
Assets	1,347,719		1,436,694	1,330,074
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	45		1,488	29
Accounts payable	149,645		153,526	173,418
Accrued liabilities	45,083	[1]	59,626	38,549
Due to Related Parties, Current	345,913	[1]	365,418	322,374
Liabilities, Current	540,686		580,058	534,370
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	107		5,177	0
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	59,025		62,800	58,512
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	6,290		0	13,356
Deferred tax liabilities	661		0	5,792
Other liabilities	41,218		40,405	40,676
Liabilities	647,987		688,440	652,706
Commitments and contingencies	0		0	0
Total shareholders' equity	699,732		748,254	677,368
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 1,347,719		$ 1,436,694	$ 1,330,074

[1] We revised the December 31, 2013 condensed consolidating balance sheet presented above to correct for items of classification between CBII and CBLLC, the Co-Issuers. These classification items affected the line items indicated in amounts representing less than 1% of both total assets and total liabilities of CBII and CBLLC

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Commitments and Contingencies - Colombia-Related - Tort Lawsuits (Details) (Colombia, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		46 Months Ended	6 Months Ended				37 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2007 ATS lawsuits count	Nov. 30, 2012 ATA lawsuits lawsuit	Feb. 28, 2010 ATA lawsuits lawsuit	Mar. 31, 2011 Pending litigation ATS lawsuits lawsuit	Jun. 30, 2014 Pending litigation ATS lawsuits Minimum plaintiff	Jun. 30, 2014 Pending litigation Unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and attorney's fees and costs lawsuit	Jun. 30, 2014 Pending litigation Treble damages and disgorgement of profits without explanation lawsuit	Jun. 30, 2014 Pending litigation Specific demand	Mar. 31, 2011 Pending litigation ATA lawsuits lawsuit
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of new claims filed				9					4
Minimum number of alleged victims					6,000
Number of lawsuits plead or dismissed after the parties reached a confidential settlement agreement	1	1
Number of pending lawsuits						8	1
Specific demand for compensatory damages								$ 10
Specific demand for punitive damages								$ 10
Number of lawsuits for which the motion to dismiss was granted in part and denied in part			1

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Hedging - Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Derivative [Line Items]
(Gains) losses on 30 day euro forward contracts				$ 1,677
Cost of sales | 30-day euro forward contracts, settlement period - July 2014
Derivative [Line Items]
(Gains) losses on 30 day euro forward contracts	471	(1,678)	259	264
Gains (losses) from fluctuations in the value of the net monetary assets exposed to euro exchange rates	$ (1,595)	$ (830)	$ (3,946)	$ (5,052)
Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | 30-day euro forward contracts, settlement period - July 2014
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Term of Contract			30 days

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Net sales	$ 825,847	$ 812,171	$ 1,587,837	$ 1,586,423
Cost of sales	716,307	693,346	1,401,559	1,372,497
Selling, general and administrative	57,708	62,484	117,558	116,261
Depreciation	13,089	13,455	26,588	27,082
Amortization	2,342	2,341	4,683	4,683
Equity in earnings of investees	(332)	(72)	(332)	(72)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	41	460	258
Operating income	36,733	40,576	37,321	65,714
Interest income	641	775	1,305	1,507
Interest expense	(15,299)	(14,778)	(30,767)	(29,342)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	(521)	(6,275)
Other income (expense), net	(242)	1,568	(4,136)	2,123
Income before income taxes	21,833	28,141	3,202	33,727
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,997)	2,959	(9,969)	(250)
Net income (loss)	17,836	31,100	(6,767)	33,477
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Net sales	0	0	0	0
Cost of sales	0	(96)	0	0
Selling, general and administrative	10,333	11,453	23,700	19,405
Depreciation	0	0	0	0
Amortization	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of investees	(37,463)	(44,500)	(37,368)	(64,312)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	0	460	0
Operating income	27,130	33,143	13,208	44,907
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Interest expense	(5,295)	(5,002)	(10,587)	(11,374)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	(843)
Other income (expense), net	(2)	0	581	1,037
Income before income taxes	21,833	28,141	3,202	33,727
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,997)	2,959	(9,969)	(250)
Net income (loss)	17,836	31,100	(6,767)	33,477
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Net sales	225,172	201,929	434,216	386,971
Cost of sales	217,303	186,841	419,303	366,654
Selling, general and administrative	4,724	5,034	8,511	8,741
Depreciation	1,094	1,011	2,370	2,459
Amortization	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of investees	(44,600)	(45,195)	(52,165)	(78,914)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	82	0	153
Operating income	46,651	54,156	56,197	87,878
Interest income	0	6	2	11
Interest expense	(9,175)	(9,663)	(18,406)	(17,820)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	(521)	(5,432)
Other income (expense), net	(13)	1	96	(325)
Income before income taxes	37,463	44,500	37,368	64,312
Income tax benefit (expense)	(6,069)	(317)	(6,412)	606
Net income (loss)	31,394	44,183	30,956	64,918
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net sales	318,525	329,311	611,798	637,037
Cost of sales	276,824	292,378	539,696	563,149
Selling, general and administrative	21,644	23,750	43,816	43,428
Depreciation	6,819	6,957	13,018	13,656
Amortization	2,336	2,335	4,671	4,671
Equity in earnings of investees	778	5	4,251	(27)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	(41)	0	108
Operating income	10,124	3,927	6,346	12,052
Interest income	1	48	34	102
Interest expense	(683)	(110)	(1,567)	(125)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	0
Other income (expense), net	84	64	(367)	165
Income before income taxes	9,526	3,929	4,446	12,194
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,728)	(1,562)	(1,760)	(4,836)
Net income (loss)	5,798	2,367	2,686	7,358
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net sales	538,098	511,546	1,040,357	1,023,539
Cost of sales	478,105	444,836	940,684	903,799
Selling, general and administrative	21,007	22,247	41,531	44,687
Depreciation	5,176	5,487	11,200	10,967
Amortization	6	6	12	12
Equity in earnings of investees	(332)	(72)	(332)	(72)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	0	0	(3)
Operating income	34,136	39,042	47,262	64,149
Interest income	640	721	1,269	1,394
Interest expense	(146)	(3)	(207)	(23)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	0
Other income (expense), net	(334)	1,502	(4,856)	1,227
Income before income taxes	34,296	41,262	43,468	66,747
Income tax benefit (expense)	(2,491)	1,309	(3,405)	658
Net income (loss)	31,805	42,571	40,063	67,405
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Net sales	(255,948)	(230,615)	(498,534)	(461,124)
Cost of sales	(255,925)	(230,613)	(498,124)	(461,105)
Selling, general and administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation	0	0	0	0
Amortization	0	0	0	0
Equity in earnings of investees	81,285	89,690	85,282	143,253
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	0	0	0
Operating income	(81,308)	(89,692)	(85,692)	(143,272)
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	0	0
Other income (expense), net	23	1	410	19
Income before income taxes	(81,285)	(89,691)	(85,282)	(143,253)
Income tax benefit (expense)	12,288	570	11,577	3,572
Net income (loss)	$ (68,997)	$ (89,121)	$ (73,705)	$ (139,681)

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Fyffes Transaction (Details) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) count	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) count	Dec. 31, 2012 EUR (€)	Aug. 04, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 07, 2014 USD ($)
Business Acquisition, Equity Interests Issued or Issuable [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Revenue Reported by Acquired Entity for Last Annual Period			€ 800
Entity Number of Employees	12,000	12,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares		0.1567
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	49.30%	49.30%
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage	50.70%	50.70%
Share Price				$ 9.60	$ 10.84
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned				460	519
Business combination, acquisition related costs	$ 3	$ 9

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Net income (loss)	$ 17,836	$ 31,100	$ (6,767)	$ 33,477
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	(1)	(17)	15	372
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	(252)	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	(1)	(17)	267	372
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment	0	0	0	157
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	0	(561)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment	0	0	0	(404)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	4,441	(11,187)	3,395	(2,125)
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	1,020	6,582	2,047	15,214
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	(61)	(2,151)	(236)	(4,990)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	5,400	(6,756)	5,206	8,099
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	(563)	15	(905)	(1,406)
Amortization included in pension cost	296	338	596	676
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	(267)	353	(309)	(730)
Other comprehensive income (loss)of investments in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Comprehensive income (loss)	22,968	24,680	(1,603)	40,814
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Parent Company [Member]
Net income (loss)	17,836	31,100	(6,767)	33,477
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	0	0	0	0
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	0	0	0	0
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment				157
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net				561
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment				(404)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	0	0	0	0
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	0	0	0	0
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	0	0	0	0
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	0	0	0	0
Amortization included in pension cost	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	0	0	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)of investments in subsidiaries	5,132	(6,420)	5,164	7,741
Comprehensive income (loss)	22,968	24,680	(1,603)	40,814
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Subsidiary Issuer [Member]
Net income (loss)	31,394	44,183	30,956	64,918
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	0	0	0	0
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	0	0	0	0
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment				0
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net				0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment				0
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	0	0	0	0
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	0	0	0	0
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	0	0	0	0
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	(564)	(15)	(565)	971
Amortization included in pension cost	102	124	206	248
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	462	(109)	359	(1,219)
Other comprehensive income (loss)of investments in subsidiaries	5,594	(6,529)	5,523	6,522
Comprehensive income (loss)	36,526	37,763	36,120	72,659
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net income (loss)	5,798	2,367	2,686	7,358
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	0	0	0	0
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	0	0	0	0
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment				0
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net				0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment				0
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	0	0	0	0
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	0	0	0	0
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	0	0	0	0
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	0	0	0	0
Amortization included in pension cost	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	0	0	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)of investments in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Comprehensive income (loss)	5,798	2,367	2,686	7,358
Reportable Legal Entities [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Net income (loss)	31,805	42,571	40,063	67,405
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	(1)	(17)	15	372
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	(252)	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	(1)	(17)	267	372
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment				0
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net				0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment				0
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	4,441	(11,187)	3,395	(2,125)
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	1,020	6,582	2,047	15,214
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	61	2,151	236	4,990
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	5,400	(6,756)	5,206	8,099
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	1	30	(340)	(2,377)
Amortization included in pension cost	194	214	390	428
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	(195)	(244)	(50)	1,949
Other comprehensive income (loss)of investments in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Comprehensive income (loss)	37,399	36,042	45,586	73,927
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Net income (loss)	(68,997)	(89,121)	(73,705)	(139,681)
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	0	0	0	0
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	0	0	0	0
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment				0
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net				0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment				0
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	0	0	0	0
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	0	0	0	0
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	0	0	0	0
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	0	0	0	0
Amortization included in pension cost	0	0	0	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	0	0	0	0
Other comprehensive income (loss)of investments in subsidiaries	(10,726)	12,949	(10,687)	(14,263)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ (79,723)	$ (76,172)	$ (84,392)	$ (153,944)

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Segment Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Corporate costs		Jun. 30, 2013 Corporate costs	Jun. 30, 2014 Corporate costs		Jun. 30, 2013 Corporate costs	Jun. 30, 2014 Corporate costs Fyffes transaction General and administrative expense	Mar. 31, 2014 Corporate costs Fyffes transaction General and administrative expense	Jun. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Bananas [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Bananas [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Bananas [Member] Cost of sales	Jun. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks	Jun. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks		Jun. 30, 2014 Salads and Healthy Snacks General and administrative expense	Jun. 30, 2013 Salads and Healthy Snacks Fruit ingredient business Cost of sales	Jun. 30, 2014 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2014 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Produce	Jun. 30, 2014 European Bananas [Member] General and administrative expense
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 825,847,000	$ 812,171,000	$ 1,587,837,000	$ 1,586,423,000									$ 537,340,000		$ 517,692,000	$ 1,038,871,000		$ 1,025,643,000		$ 249,317,000		$ 260,218,000	$ 478,928,000		$ 500,290,000				$ 39,190,000	$ 34,261,000	$ 70,038,000	$ 60,490,000
Operating income	36,733,000	40,576,000	37,321,000	65,714,000	(13,856,000)	[1]	(15,542,000)	(30,567,000)	[1]	(27,014,000)			43,332,000	[2]	53,168,000	64,021,000	[2]	83,399,000		7,227,000	[3]	2,993,000	3,742,000	[3]	9,750,000	[3]			30,000	(43,000)	125,000	(421,000)
Loss from Changeover of Vessels																			5,000,000
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Properties																																	1,000,000
inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives																											2,000,000
Severance costs																												1,000,000
Business combination, acquisition related costs	$ 3,000,000		$ 9,000,000								$ 9,000,000	$ 3,000,000

[1] Includes $3 million and $9 million of costs for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, for the proposed combination with Fyffes.

[2] Includes $5 million of cost related to the changeover of vessels at the end of the leases and a $1 million gain on the sale of a ripening facility in Europe in the second quarter of 2014.

[3] Includes $2 million of cost in the second quarter of 2014 related to inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives. Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2013 for severance costs related to a fruit ingredient business.

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Trade and Finance Receivables (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable

Finance receivables were as follows:

	June 30, 2014					December 31, 2013					June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Grower Receivables			Seller Financing		Grower Receivables			Seller Financing		Grower Receivables			Seller Financing
Gross receivable	$	34,012		$	25,327	$	35,761		$	27,127	$	37,251		$	28,858
Reserve	(32,777		)	—		(32,877		)	—		(33,904		)	—
Net receivable	$	1,235		$	25,327	$	2,884		$	27,127	$	3,347		$	28,858
Current portion, net	$	1,235		$	4,148	$	2,884		$	3,990	$	3,347		$	3,837
Long-term portion, net	—			21,179		—			23,137		—			25,021
Net receivable	$	1,235		$	25,327	$	2,884		$	27,127	$	3,347		$	28,858

Allowance for Credit Losses on Financing Receivables

Activity in the reserve for grower receivables is as follows:

(In thousands)	2014			2013
Reserve at beginning of year	$	32,877		$	36,854
Charged to costs and expenses	—			26
Recoveries	—			(51		)
Foreign exchange and other	—			1
Reserve at March 31	$	32,877		$	36,830
Charged to costs and expenses	—			35
Recoveries	(100		)	(51		)
Write-offs	—			(2,910		)
Foreign exchange and other	—			—
Reserve at June 30	$	32,777		$	33,904

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations - 7.875% Senior Secured Notes (Details) (7.875% Senior Notes, USD $)						0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior notes	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior notes	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior notes	Feb. 28, 2013 Senior notes	Feb. 05, 2013 Senior notes	Jan. 31, 2014 Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate on debt instrument	7.875%	7.875%	7.875%	7.875%	7.875%
Principal amount of debt component				$ 425,000,000
Debt discount rate				99.274%
Effective interest rate				8.00%
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount						10,000,000
Redemption price percentage						103.00%
Extinguishment of Debt, Debt Extinguishment Costs						$ 1,000,000

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Restructuring Disposition of Non-Core Healthy Snacking Business (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 European Healthy Snacking Products [Member] Non-core Business [Member] Restructuring USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 European Healthy Snacking Products [Member] Non-core Business [Member] Restructuring USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 European Healthy Snacking Products [Member] Non-core Business [Member] Restructuring EUR (€)
Proceeds from Divestiture of Businesses						$ 4,000,000	€ 3,000,000
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business					3,000,000	2,000,000
Payments upon disposal					1,000,000
Net sales	$ 825,847,000	$ 812,171,000	$ 1,587,837,000	$ 1,586,423,000	$ 2,000,000	$ 12,000,000

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Commitments and Contingencies - Italian Customs and Tax Cases (Details)	1 Months Ended		78 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	78 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	111 Months Ended	117 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	117 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	117 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	117 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended						3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 Indirect import challenge - income tax assessment EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Indirect import challenge - income tax assessment EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2011 Indirect import challenge - customs tax assessment EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Indirect import challenge - customs tax assessment EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Trento 1998-2000 cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Trento 1998-2000 cases EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Trento 1998-2000 cases EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2012 Alessandria 1998-2000 cases	Jun. 30, 2014 Alessandria 1998-2000 cases EUR (€)	Nov. 30, 2012 Aosta 1998-2000 cases USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Aosta 1998-2000 cases EUR (€)	Aug. 31, 2012 Genoa 1998-2000 cases EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Genoa 1998-2000 cases USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Chiquita Italy 1998-2000 cases jurisdiction	Apr. 30, 2011 Chiquita Italy 2004 - 2005 cases USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2011 Chiquita Italy 2004 - 2005 cases EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2012 Chiquita Italy 2004 - 2005 cases USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Chiquita Italy 2004 - 2005 cases EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Chiquita Italy 2004 cases - direct import challenge USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Chiquita Italy 2004 cases - direct import challenge EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Chiquita Italy 2005 cases - direct import challenge USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Chiquita Italy 2005 cases - direct import challenge EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 Insurance recovery coverage suit Trento 1998-2000 cases EUR (€)
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of jurisdictions in which claims were originated															4
Litigation Settlement, Amount																								€ 5,500,000
Claim / Assessment			12,000,000		19,400,000			3,300,000		300,000		1,200,000		7,400,000						17,000,000	13,000,000	26,000,000	19,000,000
Interest and Penalties Claimed / Assessed			19,100,000		10,200,000			3,100,000		200,000		1,200,000		1,000,000
Total Claim / Assessment			31,100,000		29,600,000			6,400,000		500,000		2,400,000		8,400,000
Deposits Paid Pending Appeal			900,000		14,800,000		6,400,000	6,400,000		500,000		1,100,000		1,600,000
Installment payment period						5 years 6 months			36 months
Monthly deposit payment		113,000		350,000							34,000		118,000
Tax settlement paid																4,000,000	3,000,000
Pricing adjustment paid for 2006 through 2009																		3,000,000	2,000,000
Loss Contingency Accrual, Payments	$ 1,200,000

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2013

Condensed Statement Of Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block]

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	(6,767	)	$	30,956		$	2,686	$	40,063		$	(73,705	)	$	(6,767	)
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—			—			—		15			—			15
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—			—		252			—			252
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—			—			—		267			—			267
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—			—			—		3,395			—			3,395
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—			—			—		2,047			—			2,047
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—			—			—		(236		)	—			(236		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—			—			—		5,206			—			5,206
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—			(565		)	—		(340		)	—			(905		)
Amortization included in pension cost	—			206			—		390			—			596
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—			(359		)	—		50			—			(309		)
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	5,164			5,523			—		—			(10,687		)	—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(1,603	)	$	36,120		$	2,686	$	45,586		$	(84,392	)	$	(1,603	)

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC			Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)		(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	17,836	$	31,394		$	5,798	$	31,805		$	(68,997	)	$	17,836
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—		—			—		(1		)	—			(1		)
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—		—			—		—			—			—
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—		—			—		(1		)	—			(1		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—		—			—		4,441			—			4,441
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—		—			—		1,020			—			1,020
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—		—			—		(61		)	—			(61		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—		—			—		5,400			—			5,400
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—		(564		)	—		1			—			(563		)
Amortization included in pension cost	—		102			—		194			—			296
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—		(462		)	—		195			—			(267		)
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	5,132		5,594			—		—			(10,726		)	—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	22,968	$	36,526		$	5,798	$	37,399		$	(79,723	)	$	22,968

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	31,100		$	44,183		$	2,367	$	42,571		$	(89,121	)	$	31,100
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—			—			—		(17		)	—			(17		)
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—			—		—			—			—
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—			—			—		(17		)	—			(17		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—			—			—		(11,187		)	—			(11,187		)
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—			—			—		6,582			—			6,582
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—			—			—		(2,151		)	—			(2,151		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—			—			—		(6,756		)	—			(6,756		)
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—			(15		)	—		30			—			15
Amortization included in pension cost	—			124			—		214			—			338
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—			109			—		244			—			353
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	(6,420		)	(6,529		)	—		—			12,949			—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	24,680		$	37,763		$	2,367	$	36,042		$	(76,172	)	$	24,680

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	33,477		$	64,918	$	7,358	$	67,405		$	(139,681	)	$	33,477
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains	—			—		—		372			—			372
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	—			—		—		—			—			—
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	—			—		—		372			—			372
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment	157			—		—		—			—			157
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net	(561		)	—		—		—			—			(561		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to available-for-sale investment	(404		)	—		—		—			—			(404		)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	—			—		—		(2,125		)	—			(2,125		)
Derivative (gains) losses reclassified into Net sales	—			—		—		15,214			—			15,214
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	—			—		—		(4,990		)	—			(4,990		)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	—			—		—		8,099			—			8,099
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of tax	—			971		—		(2,377		)	—			(1,406		)
Amortization included in pension cost	—			248		—		428			—			676
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	—			1,219		—		(1,949		)	—			(730		)
Other comprehensive income (loss) of investments in subsidiaries	7,741			6,522		—		—			(14,263		)	—
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	40,814		$	72,659	$	7,358	$	73,927		$	(153,944	)	$	40,814

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations - Asset-Based Lending Facility (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended																6 Months Ended
	Feb. 05, 2013 ABL Facility	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility LIBOR	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility LIBOR Minimum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility LIBOR Maximum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility Base Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility Base Rate Minimum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility Base Rate Maximum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility fixed charge coverage ratio [Domain]	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Term Loan	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Term Loan LIBOR	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Term Loan LIBOR Minimum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Term Loan LIBOR Maximum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Term Loan Base Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Term Loan Base Rate Minimum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Term Loan Base Rate Maximum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Revolver	Jun. 30, 2014 Fixed asset sub-line LIBOR	Jun. 30, 2014 Fixed asset sub-line LIBOR Minimum	Jun. 30, 2014 Fixed asset sub-line LIBOR Maximum	Jun. 30, 2014 Fixed asset sub-line Base Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Fixed asset sub-line Base Rate Minimum	Jun. 30, 2014 Fixed asset sub-line Base Rate Maximum	Jun. 30, 2014 ABL Facility, letter of credit	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior notes 7.875% Senior Notes	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior notes 7.875% Senior Notes	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior notes 7.875% Senior Notes	Feb. 28, 2013 Senior notes 7.875% Senior Notes	Feb. 05, 2013 Senior notes 7.875% Senior Notes
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
ABL Facility term	5 years
Stated interest rate on debt instrument																									7.875%	7.875%	7.875%	7.875%	7.875%
ABL Facility maturity period prior to maturity of the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes		60 days
ABL maximum borrowings capacity		$ 150,000,000								$ 7,500,000
ABL Term Loan periodic payment										2,000,000
ABL amount outstanding																								24,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity of the Facility																	$ 92,000,000
Variable rate basis		LIBOR	LIBOR			Base Rate					LIBOR			Base Rate				LIBOR			Base Rate
Basis spread on variable rate			2.75%	1.75%	2.25%		0.25%	0.75%				2.75%	3.25%		1.25%	1.75%			2.25%	2.75%		0.75%	1.25%
Weighted average interest rate			2.90%
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms		25							20

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Income Taxes - Out of Period Adjustments (Details) (Income tax benefit related to 2012 and 2011, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013
Income tax benefit related to 2012 and 2011
Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments Restatement [Line Items]
Out of period adjustments	$ (3)

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Hedging - Cash Flow Hedging Instruments (Details) (Cash flow hedging instruments, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)	$ 4,441		$ (11,187)		$ 3,395		$ (2,125)
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion)	(959)	[1]	(4,431)	[1]	(1,811)	[1]	(10,224)	[1]
Gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion)	(107)	[1]	(1,367)	[1]	(428)	[1]	(1,977)	[1]
Currency Hedge Portfolio
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)	2,694		(4,881)		2,774		1,683
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion)	(1,020)	[1]	(6,582)	[1]	(2,047)	[1]	(15,214)	[1]
Gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion)	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]	0	[1]
Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)	1,747		(6,306)		621		(3,808)
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion)	61	[1]	2,151	[1]	236	[1]	4,990	[1]
Gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion)	$ (107)	[1]	$ (1,367)	[1]	$ (428)	[1]	$ (1,977)	[1]

[1] Both the gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion) and the gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion, if any) are included in "Net sales" for the currency hedge portfolio and "Cost of sales" for bunker fuel forward contracts.

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Trade and Finance Receivables - Receivables Related to a Chilean Grower (Details) (Grower of grapes and other produce, Chile, Grower receivables, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013
Grower of grapes and other produce | Chile | Grower receivables
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross grower receivables	$ 29	$ 29	$ 30

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Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share ("EPS") are calculated as follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands, except per share amounts)	2014		2013		2014			2013
Net income (loss)	$	17,836	$	31,100	$	(6,767	)	$	33,477
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate basic EPS)	46,915		46,481		46,883			46,426
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards	1,212		835		—			769
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate diluted EPS)	48,127		47,316		46,883			47,195
Earnings (loss) per common share – basic	$	0.38	$	0.67	$	(0.14	)	$	0.72
Earnings (loss) per common share – diluted	$	0.37	$	0.66	$	(0.14	)	$	0.71

If we had generated net income for the six months ended June 30, 2014, an additional 1.2 million shares would have been added to basic weighted average common shares outstanding to calculate diluted EPS.

The assumed conversions to common stock of stock options, other stock awards and 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 ("Convertible Notes") are excluded from weighted average common shares outstanding used to calculate diluted EPS in periods when these items, on an individual basis, have an anti-dilutive effect on diluted EPS. For the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, the effect of the conversion of the Convertible Notes would have been anti-dilutive because the average trading price of the common stock was below the initial conversion price of $22.45 per share. In addition, certain stock options and other stock awards totaling 1.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2013, and 0.1 million and 1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted EPS because they were anti-dilutive. There were no anti-dilutive stock awards outstanding for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.

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Fair Value Measurements (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets (liabilities) at fair value	$ 96		$ (3,781)		$ (6,067)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Other current assets
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded assets	820				1,488
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Other current assets | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets	1,259	[1]			2,974	[1]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(1,171)	[1]			(2,227)	[1]
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Other current assets | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets	830				569
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(14)				(34)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Other current assets | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | 30-day euro forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets					206
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(84)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Investments & other assets, net
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded assets	293		633		137
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Investments & other assets, net | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets					137
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			(220)	[1]
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Investments & other assets, net | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets	293		953
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			(100)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Accrued liabilities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded liabilities	(1,007)		(4,317)		(4,549)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Accrued liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	2,482	[1]	1,250	[1]	1,194	[1]
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,081)	[1]	(5,947)	[1]	(5,638)	[1]
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Accrued liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	322		778		1,531
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(476)		(643)		(1,005)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Accrued liabilities | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets					25	[2]
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities					(883)	[2]
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Accrued liabilities | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | 30-day euro forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			245		227
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(254)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Other liabilities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded liabilities	(10)		(97)		(3,143)
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Other liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			833	[1]	221	[1]
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities			(930)	[1]	(100)	[1]
Assets (Liabilties) at Fair Value | Other liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets					43
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(10)				(3,307)
Level 2
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Assets (liabilities) at fair value	96		(3,781)		(6,067)
Level 2 | Other current assets
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded assets	820				1,488
Level 2 | Other current assets | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets	1,259	[1]			2,974	[1]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(1,171)	[1]			(2,227)	[1]
Level 2 | Other current assets | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets	830				569
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(14)				(34)
Level 2 | Other current assets | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | 30-day euro forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets					206
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(84)
Level 2 | Investments & other assets, net
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded assets	293		633		137
Level 2 | Investments & other assets, net | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets					137
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			(220)	[1]
Level 2 | Investments & other assets, net | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts of recognized assets	293		953
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			(100)
Level 2 | Accrued liabilities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded liabilities	(1,007)		(4,317)		(4,549)
Level 2 | Accrued liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	2,482	[1]	1,250	[1]	1,194	[1]
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,081)	[1]	(5,947)	[1]	(5,638)	[1]
Level 2 | Accrued liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	322		778		1,531
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(476)		(643)		(1,005)
Level 2 | Accrued liabilities | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets					25	[2]
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities					(883)	[2]
Level 2 | Accrued liabilities | Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | 30-day euro forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			245		227
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(254)
Level 2 | Other liabilities
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net amount of recorded liabilities	(10)		(97)		(3,143)
Level 2 | Other liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Currency hedge portfolio
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets			833	[1]	221	[1]
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities			(930)	[1]	(100)	[1]
Level 2 | Other liabilities | Designated as cash flow hedges | Bunker fuel forward contracts
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets					43
Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	$ (10)				$ (3,307)

[1] Currency hedge portfolio positions designated as cash flow hedges.

[2] Currency hedge portfolio positions not designated as hedging instruments.

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Restructuring Restructuring (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012 Restructuring [Member] position	Dec. 31, 2012 Restructuring [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Employee Severance [Member] Restructuring [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Restructuring and Related Cost, Number of Positions Eliminated					300
Restructuring costs	$ 0	$ 41,000	$ 460,000	$ 258,000		$ 18,000,000
Severance Costs						11,000,000
Asset Impairment Charges						5,000,000
Restructuring Reserve							$ 1,000,000

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Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping

The following table summarizes financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value, including derivative instruments on a gross basis, and the location of these instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013:

		Assets (Liabilities)			Fair Value Measurements Using
(In thousands)		at Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
June 30, 2014
Derivatives recorded in "Other current assets":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	$	1,259		$	—	$	1,259		$	—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(1,171		)	—		(1,171		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	830			—		830			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(14		)	—		(14		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(84		)	—		(84		)	—
Net amount recorded in other current assets		820			—		820			—
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	293			—		293			—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		293			—		293			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	2,482			—		2,482			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,081		)	—		(3,081		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	322			—		322			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(476		)	—		(476		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(254		)	—		(254		)	—
Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities		(1,007		)	—		(1,007		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(10		)	—		(10		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(10		)	—		(10		)	—
June 30, 2014		$	96		$	—	$	96		$	—
December 31, 2013
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	$	(220	)	—		$	(220	)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	953			—		953			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(100		)	—		(100		)	—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		633			—		633			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,250			—		1,250			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(5,947		)	—		(5,947		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	778			—		778			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(643		)	—		(643		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	245			—		245			—
Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities		(4,317		)	—		(4,317		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	833			—		833			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(930		)	—		(930		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(97		)	—		(97		)	—
December 31, 2013		$	(3,781	)	$	—	$	(3,781	)	$	—

		Assets (Liabilities)			Fair Value Measurements Using
(In thousands)		at Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
June 30, 2013
Derivatives recorded in "Other current assets":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	$	2,974		$	—	$	2,974		$	—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(2,227		)	—		(2,227		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	569			—		569			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(34		)	—		(34		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	206			—		206			—
Net amount recorded in other current assets		1,488			—		1,488			—
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	137			—		137			—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		137			—		137			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,194			—		1,194			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(5,638		)	—		(5,638		)	—
Currency hedge portfolio2	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	25			—		25			—
Currency hedge portfolio2	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(883		)	—		(883		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,531			—		1,531			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(1,005		)	—		(1,005		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	227			—		227			—
	Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities	(4,549		)	—		(4,549		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	221			—		221			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(100		)	—		(100		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	43			—		43			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,307		)	—		(3,307		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(3,143		)	—		(3,143		)	—
June 30, 2013		$	(6,067	)	$	—	$	(6,067	)	$	—

¹ Currency hedge portfolio positions designated as cash flow hedges.

² Currency hedge portfolio positions not designated as hedging instruments.

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Hedging (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Cash Flow Hedge Accounting Discontinued

	Six months ended June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Realized Losses Recorded in "Net sales"			Unrealized Gains (Losses) Recorded in "Net sales"			Losses Deferred in AOCI at June 30, 2013
€25 million purchased euro put option settled in Q1 2013	$	—		$	—		$	—
€25 million sold euro call option settled in Q1 2013	(620		)	—			—
€19 million purchased euro put option to settle in Q2 2013	—			—			—
€19 million sold euro call option to settle in Q2 2013	(507		)	—			—
€27 million purchased euro put options to settle in Q3 2013	—			(73		)	(1,447		)
€27 million sold euro call options to settle in Q3 2013	—			1,750			(1,083		)
	$	(1,127	)	$	1,677		$	(2,530	)

In the quarter ended June 30, 2013, we recorded realized losses of $1 million and unrealized losses of $2 million in "Net sales" related to the transferred positions.

Schedule of Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location

	Quarter ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Gains (losses) on 30-day euro forward contracts	$	471		$	(1,678	)	$	259		$	264
Losses from fluctuations in the value of the net monetary assets exposed to euro exchange rates	(1,595		)	(830		)	(3,946		)	(5,052		)

Schedule of Notional Amounts of Outstanding Derivative Positions

At June 30, 2014, our hedge portfolio was comprised of the following outstanding positions:

	Notional Amount	Contract Average Rate/Price	Settlement Period
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
Currency derivatives:
Purchased euro put options	€87 million	$1.33/€	2014
Sold euro call options	€87 million	$1.39/€	2014
Average rate forward contracts	€64 million	$1.36/€	2014
Purchased euro put options	€113 million	$1.36/€	20151
Sold euro call options	€113 million	$1.40/€	20151
Average rate forward contracts	€14 million	$1.38/€	20151
3.5% Rotterdam Barge fuel derivatives:
Bunker fuel forward contracts	43,266 mt	$592/mt	2014
Bunker fuel forward contracts	59,800 mt	$556/mt	20151
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
30-day euro forward contracts	€49 million	$1.36/€	July 2014

¹  Settlement periods for bunker fuel forward contracts and currency derivatives are through September 2015 and June 2015, respectively.

Schedule of Change in Fair Value of Derivative Assets and Liabilities Designated as Hedging Instruments

Activity related to our derivative assets and liabilities designated as hedging instruments is as follows:

	2014						2013
(In thousands)	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts
Balance at beginning of year	$	(5,014	)	$	988		$	(23,215	)	$	8,572
Realized (gains) losses included in net income	1,229			(175		)	5,601			(2,839		)
Transfers1	—			—			7,638			—
Purchases, net2	277			—			541			—
Changes in fair value	(323		)	(1,447		)	6,310			1,888
Balance at March 31	$	(3,831	)	$	(634	)	$	(3,125	)	$	7,621
Realized (gains) losses included in net income	1,414			(61		)	4,766			(2,151		)
Purchases, net 2	—			—			62			—
Changes in fair value	1,906			1,641			(5,142		)	(7,673		)
Balance at June 30	$	(511	)	$	946		$	(3,439	)	$	(2,203	)

¹  Represents the fair value at the transfer date of positions where hedge accounting was terminated. See discussion above.

²  Purchases (sales) represent the cash premiums paid upon the purchase of euro put options or received upon the sale of euro call options. Bunker fuel and currency forward contracts require no up-front cash payment and have an initial fair value of zero; settlements on the forward contracts (swaps) occur upon their maturity.

Schedule of Cash Flow Hedges Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Deferred net gains (losses) in "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)" at June 30, 2014 are expected to be reclassified into income as follows (in thousands):

Expected Period of Recognition	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total
2014	$	(1,398	)	$	(117	)	$	(1,515	)
2015	38			1,029			1,067
	$	(1,360	)	$	912		$	(448	)

Schedule of Derivative Instruments, Effect on Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following tables summarize the effect of our derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments on OCI and earnings:

	Quarter ended June 30, 2014									Quarter ended June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total			Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)	$	2,694		$	1,747		$	4,441		$	(4,881	)	$	(6,306	)	$	(11,187	)
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion)1	(1,020		)	61			(959		)	(6,582		)	2,151			(4,431		)
Loss recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion)1	—			(107		)	(107		)	—			(1,367		)	(1,367		)

	Six months ended June 30, 2014									Six months ended June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total			Currency Hedge Portfolio			Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts			Total
Gain (loss) recognized in OCI on derivative (effective portion)	$	2,774		$	621		$	3,395		$	1,683		$	(3,808	)	$	(2,125	)
Gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion)1	(2,047		)	236			(1,811		)	(15,214		)	4,990			(10,224		)
Loss recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion)1	—			(428		)	(428		)	—			(1,977		)	(1,977		)

¹  Both the gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated OCI into income (effective portion) and the gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative (ineffective portion, if any) are included in "Net sales" for the currency hedge portfolio and "Cost of sales" for bunker fuel forward contracts.

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Hedging - Derivatives No Longer Qualifying as Hedging Instruments (Details)	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Euro call and put option contracts USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Transferred from Hedging to Non-hedging Instruments USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Transferred from Hedging to Non-hedging Instruments Euro call and put option contracts EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q1 2013 Purchased Euro put option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q1 2013 Sold Euro call option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q1 2013 Sold Euro call option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q2 2013 Purchased Euro put option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q2 2013 Sold Euro call option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q2 2013 Sold Euro call option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q2 2013 Sold Euro call option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q3 2013 Purchased Euro put option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q3 2013 Purchased Euro put option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q3 2013 Sold Euro call option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Foreign exchange option, settled in Q3 2013 Sold Euro call option EUR (€)
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional amount of currency derivatives included in transferred positions					€ 71,000,000	€ 25,000,000		€ 25,000,000	€ 19,000,000			€ 19,000,000		€ 27,000,000		€ 27,000,000
Realized gain (loss) on foreign currency derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments recorded in Net sales		(1,127,000)					(620,000)			1,000,000	(507,000)
Unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency derivative instruments not designated as hedges recorded in Net sales		1,677,000	(2,000,000)										(73,000)		1,750,000
Deferred net gains (losses) in Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) expected to be reclassified into income	$ (448,000)			$ (2,530,000)									$ (1,447,000)		$ (1,083,000)

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Trade and Finance Receivables - Trade Receivables (Details) (USD $)							12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Iranian customers	Dec. 31, 2013 Iranian customers	Jun. 30, 2013 Iranian customers	Dec. 31, 2013 Iranian customers Customer not able to find acceptable methods of payment	Dec. 31, 2012 Iranian customers Customer not able to find acceptable methods of payment
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Trade receivables, less allowances with Iranian customers	$ 271,895,000	$ 252,068,000	$ 302,725,000	$ 12,000,000	$ 17,000,000	$ 18,000,000
Trade receivables reserved amounts related to customers							$ 2,000,000	$ 9,000,000

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Pension and Severance Benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures

Net pension expense from our defined benefit and severance plans are primarily comprised of severance plans covering Central American employees and consists of the following:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Service cost	$	1,855		$	1,864		$	3,710		$	3,728
Interest on projected benefit obligation	1,440			1,297			2,830			2,594
Expected return on plan assets	(341		)	(331		)	(671		)	(663		)
Recognized actuarial loss	264			306			532			612
Amortization of prior service cost	32			32			64			64
Defined benefit and severance plan expense	$	3,250		$	3,168		$	6,465		$	6,335

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Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Amounts of (income) expense reclassified from AOCI are as follows (in thousands):

AOCI Component	Line Items Affected by Reclassifications from AOCI in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	(Income) / expense reclassified from AOCI for the quarter ended June 30,						(Income) / expense reclassified from AOCI for the six months ended June 30,
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Currency translation	Other income (expense), net	$	—		$	—		$	252		$	—
Available-for-sale investment	Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			(561		)
Currency hedge portfolio derivatives	Net sales	1,020			6,582			2,047			15,214
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Cost of sales	(61		)	(2,151		)	(236		)	(4,990		)
Prior service cost and recognized actuarial loss amortization related to pensions*		296			338			596			676

* These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost. See Note 10 for further details.

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014 were as follows:

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	(201	)	$	(5,848	)	$	(19,702	)	$	(25,751	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(1		)	4,441			(563		)	3,877
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			959			296			1,255
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	(1		)	5,400			(267		)	5,132
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(202	)	$	(448	)	$	(19,969	)	$	(20,619	)

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	(469	)	$	(5,654	)	$	(19,660	)	$	(25,783	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	15			3,395			(905		)	2,505
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	252			1,811			596			2,659
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	267			5,206			(309		)	5,164
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(202	)	$	(448	)	$	(19,969	)	$	(20,619	)

⁽¹⁾Net of deferred tax liability of $271, $271, and $530 as of June 30, 2014, March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2013 were as follows:

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment		Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	264		$	(1,702	)	$	—	$	(25,330	)	$	(26,768	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(17		)	(11,187		)	—		15			(11,189		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			4,431			—		338			4,769
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(17		)	(6,756		)	—		353			(6,420		)
Balance at June 30, 2013	$	247		$	(8,458	)	$	—	$	(24,977	)	$	(33,188	)

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	(125	)	$	(16,557	)	$	404		$	(24,247	)	$	(40,525	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	372			(2,125		)	157			(1,406		)	(3,002		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			10,224			(561		)	676			10,339
Net current-period other comprehensive income	372			8,099			(404		)	(730		)	7,337
Balance at June 30, 2013	$	247		$	(8,458	)	$	—		$	(24,977	)	$	(33,188	)

⁽¹⁾Net of deferred tax liability of $153, $138 and $283 as of June 30, 2013, March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

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Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

    See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information relating to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The December 31, 2013 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Capital Surplus

Changes in "Capital surplus" are primarily a result of stock compensation:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Stock-based compensation	$	1,820		$	1,876		$	3,676		$	3,828
Shares withheld for taxes	(30		)	(2		)	(257		)	(332		)
Capital surplus increase	$	1,790		$	1,874		$	3,419		$	3,496

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Fyffes Transaction (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Preliminary Purchase Price Calculation [Abstract]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions by Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable [Table Text Block]

	March 7, 2014	August 4, 2014
Chiquita's closing share price	$10.84	$9.60
Preliminary purchase price consideration	$519 million	$460 million

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations - Build-to-suit Lease (Details) (USD $)							1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2012 Midwest [Member] Salad production and warehousing facility renewal_option	Mar. 31, 2014 Midwest [Member] Salad production and warehousing facility	Jun. 30, 2014 Midwest [Member] Warehouse In Service [Member] Long-term Debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Midwest [Member] Warehouse In Service [Member] Long-term Debt [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Midwest [Member] Warehouse In Service [Member] Long-term Debt [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Midwest [Member] Construction in progress Other liabilities	Jun. 30, 2013 Midwest [Member] Construction in progress Accrued liabilities
Capital Leased Assets [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations, Current									$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000	$ 1,000,000
Lease term							20 years
Number of lease extensions							2
Lease extension term							5 years
Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Capital Leases, Discount Rate								6.30%
Carrying Value - Capital lease obligations	$ 42,558,000	[1]	$ 39,025,000	[1]	$ 14,250,000	[1]			$ 42,000,000	$ 38,000,000	$ 39,000,000	$ 23,000,000	$ 2,000,000

[1] Capital lease obligations include the borrowings for the salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest. See further description of the build-to-suit lease below

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Commitments and Contingencies - Contingency Accruals (Details) (Proceedings in Europe, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013
Proceedings in Europe
Accrual related to contingencies and legal proceedings	$ 4	$ 4	$ 4

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 825,847	$ 812,171	$ 1,587,837	$ 1,586,423
Cost of sales	716,307	693,346	1,401,559	1,372,497
Selling, general and administrative	57,708	62,484	117,558	116,261
Depreciation	13,089	13,455	26,588	27,082
Amortization	2,342	2,341	4,683	4,683
Equity in earnings of investees	(332)	(72)	(332)	(72)
Restructuring and relocation costs	0	41	460	258
Operating income	36,733	40,576	37,321	65,714
Interest income	641	775	1,305	1,507
Interest expense	(15,299)	(14,778)	(30,767)	(29,342)
Loss on debt extinguishment	0	0	(521)	(6,275)
Other income (expense), net	(242)	1,568	(4,136)	2,123
Income before income taxes	21,833	28,141	3,202	33,727
Income tax benefit (expense)	(3,997)	2,959	(9,969)	(250)
Net income (loss)	$ 17,836	$ 31,100	$ (6,767)	$ 33,477
Earnings (loss) per common share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.38	$ 0.67	$ (0.14)	$ 0.72
Earnings (loss) per common share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.37	$ 0.66	$ (0.14)	$ 0.71

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Trade and Finance Receivables - Finance Receivables (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Grower Receivables
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross receivable	$ 34,012		$ 35,761	$ 37,251
Reserve	(32,777)	(32,877)	(32,877)	(33,904)	(36,830)	(36,854)
Net receivable	1,235		2,884	3,347
Current portion, net	1,235		2,884	3,347
Long-term portion, net	0		0	0
Seller Financing
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Gross receivable	25,327		27,127	28,858
Reserve	0		0	0
Net receivable	25,327		27,127	28,858
Current portion, net	4,148		3,990	3,837
Long-term portion, net	$ 21,179		$ 23,137	$ 25,021

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Trade receivables allowances	$ 19,545	$ 19,602	$ 18,122
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares outstanding	46,916,600	46,829,913	46,525,952

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Hedging - Derivative Assets and Liabilities Table (Details) (Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Mar. 31, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Mar. 31, 2013
Currency Hedge Portfolio
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Assets and Liabilities [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of year	$ (3,831)		$ (5,014)		$ (3,125)		$ (23,215)
Realized (gains) losses included in net income	1,414		1,229		4,766		5,601
Transfers			0				7,638	[1]
Purchases, net	0	[2]	277	[2]	62	[2]	541	[2]
Changes in fair value	1,906		(323)		(5,142)		6,310
Balance at end of year	(511)		(3,831)		(3,439)		(3,125)
Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Assets and Liabilities [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of year	(634)		988		7,621		8,572
Realized (gains) losses included in net income	(61)		(175)		(2,151)		(2,839)
Transfers			0				0
Purchases, net	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]	0	[2]
Changes in fair value	1,641		(1,447)		(7,673)		1,888
Balance at end of year	$ 946		$ (634)		$ (2,203)		$ 7,621

[1] Represents the fair value at the transfer date of positions where hedge accounting was terminated. See discussion above.

[2] Purchases (sales) represent the cash premiums paid upon the purchase of euro put options or received upon the sale of euro call options. Bunker fuel and currency forward contracts require no up-front cash payment and have an initial fair value of zero; settlements on the forward contracts (swaps) occur upon their maturity

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New Accounting Standards (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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:

Standard Name	Issued	Description	Effective Date for Chiquita	Effect on Chiquita's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Revenue from Contracts with Customers	May 2014 ASU 2014-09	Requires additional considerations for timing and amount of revenue recognition for contract sales with customers.	Retrospective, beginning December 2016. Early adoption is not permitted.	The guidance permits the use of either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We have not yet selected a transition method and will evaluate the effect of the standard on our sales contracts with customers, evaluate methods of adoption and monitor other future potential effects.
Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity	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.	We have opted for early adoption, which did not have a significant impact on our financial results. We will continue to monitor the potential impact of this early adoption on future filings.
Income Taxes: Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists	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.

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Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income - AOCI Roll Forward (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ (25,751)		$ (26,768)		$ (25,783)		$ (40,525)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	3,877		(11,189)		2,505		(3,002)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	1,255		4,769		2,659		10,339
Net current-period other comprehensive income	5,132		(6,420)		5,164		7,337
Balance at end of period	(20,619)		(33,188)		(20,619)		(33,188)
Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	(201)		264		(469)		(125)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(1)		(17)		15		372
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	0		0		252		0
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(1)		(17)		267		372
Balance at end of period	(202)		247		(202)		247
Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	(5,848)		(1,702)		(5,654)		(16,557)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	4,441		(11,187)		3,395		(2,125)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	959		4,431		1,811		10,224
Net current-period other comprehensive income	5,400		(6,756)		5,206		8,099
Balance at end of period	(448)		(8,458)		(448)		(8,458)
Accumulated Net Unrealized Investment Gain (Loss) [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period			0				404
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			0				157
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income			0				(561)
Net current-period other comprehensive income			0				(404)
Balance at end of period			0				0
Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	(19,702)	[1]	(25,330)	[1]	(19,660)		(24,247)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(563)		15		(905)		(1,406)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	296		338		596		676
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(267)		353		(309)		(730)
Balance at end of period	(19,969)	[1]	(24,977)	[1]	(19,969)	[1]	(24,977)	[1]
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Other Comprehensive Income	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0		$ 0		$ 271	$ 530	$ 0	$ 0

[1] Net of deferred tax liability of $271, $271, and $530 as of June 30, 2014, March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

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New Accounting Standards

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

New Accounting Standards

New Accounting Standards

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

Standard Name	Issued	Description	Effective Date for Chiquita	Effect on Chiquita's Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Revenue from Contracts with Customers	May 2014 ASU 2014-09	Requires additional considerations for timing and amount of revenue recognition for contract sales with customers.	Retrospective, beginning December 2016. Early adoption is not permitted.	The guidance permits the use of either a retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We have not yet selected a transition method and will evaluate the effect of the standard on our sales contracts with customers, evaluate methods of adoption and monitor other future potential effects.
Presentation of Financial Statements and Property, Plant, and Equipment: Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity	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.	We have opted for early adoption, which did not have a significant impact on our financial results. We will continue to monitor the potential impact of this early adoption on future filings.
Income Taxes: Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists	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.

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Statement of Income (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2013

Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block]

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	434,216		$	611,798		$	1,040,357		$	(498,534	)	$	1,587,837
Cost of sales	—			419,303			539,696			940,684			(498,124		)	1,401,559
Selling, general and administrative	23,700			8,511			43,816			41,531			—			117,558
Depreciation	—			2,370			13,018			11,200			—			26,588
Amortization	—			—			4,671			12			—			4,683
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(37,368		)	(52,165		)	4,251			(332		)	85,282			(332		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	460			—			—			—			—			460
Operating income (loss)	13,208			56,197			6,346			47,262			(85,692		)	37,321
Interest income	—			2			34			1,269			—			1,305
Interest expense	(10,587		)	(18,406		)	(1,567		)	(207		)	—			(30,767		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			(521		)	—			—			—			(521		)
Other income (expense), net	581			96			(367		)	(4,856		)	410			(4,136		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	3,202			37,368			4,446			43,468			(85,282		)	3,202
Income tax expense	(9,969		)	(6,412		)	(1,760		)	(3,405		)	11,577			(9,969		)
Net income (loss)	$	(6,767	)	$	30,956		$	2,686		$	40,063		$	(73,705	)	$	(6,767	)

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of (Operations) (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	201,929		$	329,311		$	511,546		$	(230,615	)	$	812,171
Cost of sales	(96		)	186,841			292,378			444,836			(230,613		)	693,346
Selling, general and administrative	11,453			5,034			23,750			22,247			—			62,484
Depreciation	—			1,011			6,957			5,487			—			13,455
Amortization	—			—			2,335			6			—			2,341
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(44,500		)	(45,195		)	5			(72		)	89,690			(72		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	—			82			(41		)	—			—			41
Operating income (loss)	33,143			54,156			3,927			39,042			(89,692		)	40,576
Interest income	—			6			48			721			—			775
Interest expense	(5,002		)	(9,663		)	(110		)	(3		)	—			(14,778		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			—			—			—			—			—
Other income (expense), net	—			1			64			1,502			1			1,568
Income (loss) before income taxes	28,141			44,500			3,929			41,262			(89,691		)	28,141
Income tax expense	2,959			(317		)	(1,562		)	1,309			570			2,959
Net income (loss)	$	31,100		$	44,183		$	2,367		$	42,571		$	(89,121	)	$	31,100

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Quarter Ended June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	225,172		$	318,525		$	538,098		$	(255,948	)	$	825,847
Cost of sales	—			217,303			276,824			478,105			(255,925		)	716,307
Selling, general and administrative	10,333			4,724			21,644			21,007			—			57,708
Depreciation	—			1,094			6,819			5,176			—			13,089
Amortization	—			—			2,336			6			—			2,342
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(37,463		)	(44,600		)	778			(332		)	81,285			(332		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	—			—			—			—			—			—
Operating income (loss)	27,130			46,651			10,124			34,136			(81,308		)	36,733
Interest income	—			—			1			640			—			641
Interest expense	(5,295		)	(9,175		)	(683		)	(146		)	—			(15,299		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			—			—			—			—			—
Other income (expense), net	(2		)	(13		)	84			(334		)	23			(242		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	21,833			37,463			9,526			34,296			(81,285		)	21,833
Income tax expense	(3,997		)	(6,069		)	(3,728		)	(2,491		)	12,288			(3,997		)
Net income (loss)	$	17,836		$	31,394		$	5,798		$	31,805		$	(68,997	)	$	17,836

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII			CBLLC			Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Consolidating			Company
	(Co-issuer)			(Co-issuer)			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries			Eliminations			Consolidated
Net sales	$	—		$	386,971		$	637,037		$	1,023,539		$	(461,124	)	$	1,586,423
Cost of sales	—			366,654			563,149			903,799			(461,105		)	1,372,497
Selling, general and administrative	19,405			8,741			43,428			44,687			—			116,261
Depreciation	—			2,459			13,656			10,967			—			27,082
Amortization	—			—			4,671			12			—			4,683
Equity in losses (earnings) of investees and subsidiaries	(64,312		)	(78,914		)	(27		)	(72		)	143,253			(72		)
Restructuring and relocation costs	—			153			108			(3		)	—			258
Operating income (loss)	44,907			87,878			12,052			64,149			(143,272		)	65,714
Interest income	—			11			102			1,394			—			1,507
Interest expense	(11,374		)	(17,820		)	(125		)	(23		)	—			(29,342		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	(843		)	(5,432		)	—			—			—			(6,275		)
Other income (expense), net	1,037			(325		)	165			1,227			19			2,123
Income (loss) before income taxes	33,727			64,312			12,194			66,747			(143,253		)	33,727
Income tax expense	(250		)	606			(4,836		)	658			3,572			(250		)
Net income (loss)	$	33,477		$	64,918		$	7,358		$	67,405		$	(139,681	)	$	33,477

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share ("EPS") are calculated as follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands, except per share amounts)	2014		2013		2014			2013
Net income (loss)	$	17,836	$	31,100	$	(6,767	)	$	33,477
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate basic EPS)	46,915		46,481		46,883			46,426
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards	1,212		835		—			769
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate diluted EPS)	48,127		47,316		46,883			47,195
Earnings (loss) per common share – basic	$	0.38	$	0.67	$	(0.14	)	$	0.72
Earnings (loss) per common share – diluted	$	0.37	$	0.66	$	(0.14	)	$	0.71

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Advertising and Promotion Expense (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Marketing and Advertising Expense [Abstract]
Advertising and certain promotion expenses	$ 7	$ 6	$ 15	$ 12

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
OPERATIONS
Net income (loss)	$ (6,767)	$ 33,477
Depreciation and amortization	31,271	31,765
Loss on debt extinguishment	521	6,275
Amortization of discount on Convertible Notes	6,003	5,318
Amortization of gain on sale of the shipping fleet	(6,290)	(6,848)
Stock-based compensation	3,419	3,498
Changes in current assets and liabilities and other	10,026	(11,040)
Operating cash flow	38,183	62,445
INVESTING
Capital expenditures	(25,322)	(21,486)
Other, net	(978)	11,008
Investing cash flow	(26,300)	(10,478)
FINANCING
Issuances of long-term debt	0	429,415
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(10,896)	(412,076)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	24,000	36,590
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	(24,000)	(36,590)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	0	(40,000)
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	(191)	(13,364)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	(300)	0
Financing cash flow	(11,387)	(36,025)
Increase in cash and equivalents	496	15,942
Balance at beginning of period	54,017	51,026
Balance at end of period	$ 54,513	$ 66,968

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Net income (loss)	$ 17,836	$ 31,100	$ (6,767)	$ 33,477
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, where applicable: [Abstract]
Unrealized foreign currency translation gains (losses)	(1)	(17)	15	372
Realized gains for foreign currency translation on business disposal reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	252	0
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to foreign currency translation	(1)	(17)	267	372
Change in fair value of available-for-sale investment	0	0	0	157
Realized gains of available-for-sale investment reclassified into Other income (expense), net	0	0	0	(561)
Net other comprehensive loss related to available-for-sale investment	0	0	0	(404)
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives for the period	4,441	(11,187)	3,395	(2,125)
Derivative losses reclassified into Net sales	1,020	6,582	2,047	15,214
Derivative gains reclassified into Cost of sales	(61)	(2,151)	(236)	(4,990)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivatives	5,400	(6,756)	5,206	8,099
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, net of $0, $15, $(259) and $(130), respectively, of income tax expense (benefit)	(563)	15	(905)	(1,406)
Amortization included in pension cost	296	338	596	676
Net other comprehensive gain (loss) related to defined benefit pension and severance plans	(267)	353	(309)	(730)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	5,132	(6,420)	5,164	7,337
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ 22,968	$ 24,680	$ (1,603)	$ 40,814

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Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The effective tax rates were 16.8% and (10.5)% for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and 191.6% and 0.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. We record income taxes using an estimated annual effective tax rate for interim reporting. Under the annual effective tax rate method, jurisdictions with a projected loss where no tax benefit can be recognized are excluded from the calculation of the estimated annual effective tax rate.

The effective tax rates for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were impacted by the mix in earnings among domestic and foreign jurisdictions, losses in various jurisdictions and certain discrete items. Many of these foreign jurisdictions have tax rates that are lower than the U.S. statutory rate, and we continue to maintain full valuation allowances on net deferred tax assets in certain of these foreign jurisdictions. The effective tax rates for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 were also impacted by our continuing to maintain a full valuation allowance on U.S. net deferred tax assets. In the quarter ended June 30, 2013, we recorded out of period adjustments including $3 million of income tax benefit related to 2012 and 2011. These corrections had an insignificant effect on all affected annual and quarterly periods and financial statement line items based on a quantitative and qualitative evaluation.

As previously disclosed, the tax authority in Ecuador is challenging the transfer pricing practices of major banana exporters and has assessed $23 million of income taxes, penalties and interest related to transfer pricing from 2008 through 2010 and $5 million of statutorily required profit sharing related to transfer pricing from 2010. Other tax years remain open and under audit and may result in additional assessments before the matter is resolved. We believe appropriate transfer pricing was used and that more likely than not, we will succeed upon appeal. Therefore, we do not have unrecognized tax benefits related to this matter.

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Document And Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Aug. 04, 2014
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000101063
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		46,965,393

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Advertising and Promotion Expense

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Marketing and Advertising Expense [Abstract]

Advertising and Promotion Expense

Advertising and Promotion Expense

Advertising and certain promotion expenses are included in "Selling, general and administrative" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and were $7 million and $6 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $15 million and $12 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Statement of Cash Flows (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013
Operating cash flow	$ 38,183		$ 62,445
Capital expenditures	(25,322)		(21,486)
Investing activity with subsidiaries	0	[1]	0
Other, net	(978)		11,008
Investing cash flow	(26,300)		(10,478)
Issuances of long-term debt	0		429,415
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(10,896)		(412,076)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	24,000		36,590
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	(24,000)		(36,590)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	0		(40,000)
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	(191)		(13,364)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	(300)		0
Financing activity with subsidiaries	0	[1]	0
Financing cash flow	(11,387)		(36,025)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	496		15,942
Cash and equivalents	54,513		66,968
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Operating cash flow	0		0
Capital expenditures	0		0
Investing activity with subsidiaries	3,496	[1]	451
Other, net	0		0
Investing cash flow	3,496		451
Issuances of long-term debt	0		0
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	0		0
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	0		0
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	0		0
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	0		0
Financing activity with subsidiaries	(3,496)	[1]	(451)
Financing cash flow	(3,496)		(451)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	0		0
Cash and equivalents	0		0
Parent Company [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Operating cash flow	0		(4,420)
Capital expenditures	0		0
Investing activity with subsidiaries	0	[1]	0
Other, net	0		1,819
Investing cash flow	0		1,819
Issuances of long-term debt	0		0
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	0		0
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	0		0
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	0		0
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	0		0
Financing activity with subsidiaries	0	[1]	0
Financing cash flow	0		0
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	0		(2,601)
Cash and equivalents	0		0
Subsidiary Issuer [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Operating cash flow	22,112		35,695
Capital expenditures	(1,607)		(1,657)
Investing activity with subsidiaries	(2,926)	[1]	0
Other, net	0		0
Investing cash flow	(4,533)		(1,657)
Issuances of long-term debt	0		429,415
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(10,750)		(411,941)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	24,000		36,590
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	(24,000)		(36,590)
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	0		(40,000)
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	(191)		(13,364)
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	(300)		0
Financing activity with subsidiaries	0	[1]	393
Financing cash flow	(11,241)		(35,497)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	6,338		(1,459)
Cash and equivalents	22,189		11,245
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Operating cash flow	2,630		8,968
Capital expenditures	(4,910)		(12,013)
Investing activity with subsidiaries	(570)	[1]	(451)
Other, net	44		3,598
Investing cash flow	(5,436)		(8,866)
Issuances of long-term debt	0		0
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(120)		(102)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	0		0
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	0		0
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	0		0
Financing activity with subsidiaries	2,926	[1]	0
Financing cash flow	2,806		(102)
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	0		0
Cash and equivalents	0		0
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member] | Reportable Legal Entities [Member]
Operating cash flow	13,441		22,202
Capital expenditures	(18,805)		(7,816)
Investing activity with subsidiaries	0	[1]	0
Other, net	(1,022)		5,591
Investing cash flow	(19,827)		(2,225)
Issuances of long-term debt	0		0
Repayments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	(26)		(33)
Borrowings under the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the ABL Revolver	0		0
Repayments of the Credit Facility Revolver	0		0
Payments for debt modification and issuance costs	0		0
Payments of debt extinguishment costs	0		0
Financing activity with subsidiaries	570	[1]	58
Financing cash flow	544		25
Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents	(5,842)		20,002
Cash and equivalents	$ 32,324		$ 55,723

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Actuarial gains (losses) for the period, tax expense (benefit)	$ 0	$ 15	$ (259)	$ (130)

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Inventories

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		June 30, 2013
Finished goods	$	69,411	$	69,450	$	67,908
Growing crops	74,356		74,985		78,951
Raw materials, supplies and other	67,544		66,129		71,576
	$	211,311	$	210,564	$	218,435

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Trade and Finance Receivables

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Receivables [Abstract]

Trade and Finance Receivables

Trade and Finance Receivables

TRADE RECEIVABLES

Our primary markets are in North America and Europe, but we also have sales in the Middle East and other markets. The majority of our sales in the Middle East are in Iran under license from the U.S. government that allows sale of food products to non-sanctioned parties. Sales to Iranian customers are in U.S. dollars and represent $12 million, $17 million and $18 million of "Trade receivables, less allowances" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively. Even though the sales in Iran are permitted, the international sanctions against Iran affected the ability of certain Iranian customers to pay invoices within terms because it became difficult for them to obtain U.S. dollars, euros or other suitable currencies in sufficient quantity on a regular basis. Over the course of 2012, our receivable balance with these customers increased, and we established payment plans with each of these customers to reduce their balances. Certain customers have so far been able to find acceptable methods of payment to comply with their payment plans. However, some customers have not, and as a result, we recorded a reserve of $9 million in 2012, with an additional $2 million in 2013 as a result of further delinquency and other repayment risk. We source bananas from the Philippines for sale in the Middle East under a committed-volume, long term purchase contract with a former joint venture partner through 2016. To mitigate risk, we have reduced the amount of volume being sent to the Middle East and have developed other Middle Eastern markets. However, Iran remains an important market for our Philippine-sourced bananas.

FINANCE RECEIVABLES

Finance receivables were as follows:

	June 30, 2014					December 31, 2013					June 30, 2013
(In thousands)	Grower Receivables			Seller Financing		Grower Receivables			Seller Financing		Grower Receivables			Seller Financing
Gross receivable	$	34,012		$	25,327	$	35,761		$	27,127	$	37,251		$	28,858
Reserve	(32,777		)	—		(32,877		)	—		(33,904		)	—
Net receivable	$	1,235		$	25,327	$	2,884		$	27,127	$	3,347		$	28,858
Current portion, net	$	1,235		$	4,148	$	2,884		$	3,990	$	3,347		$	3,837
Long-term portion, net	—			21,179		—			23,137		—			25,021
Net receivable	$	1,235		$	25,327	$	2,884		$	27,127	$	3,347		$	28,858

Activity in the reserve for grower receivables is as follows:

(In thousands)	2014			2013
Reserve at beginning of year	$	32,877		$	36,854
Charged to costs and expenses	—			26
Recoveries	—			(51		)
Foreign exchange and other	—			1
Reserve at March 31	$	32,877		$	36,830
Charged to costs and expenses	—			35
Recoveries	(100		)	(51		)
Write-offs	—			(2,910		)
Foreign exchange and other	—			—
Reserve at June 30	$	32,777		$	33,904

Seasonal advances may be made to certain qualified growers of other produce, which are normally collected as the other produce is harvested and sold. We generally require asset liens and pledges of the season's produce as collateral to support these advances. If sales of the season's produce do not result in full repayment of the advance, we may exercise the collateral provisions or renegotiate the terms, including terms of interest, to collect the remaining balance.

The gross grower receivable balance includes $29 million, $29 million and $30 million (all of which were classified as long-term) related to a Chilean grower of grapes and other produce as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively. In 2011, we fully reserved the advances made to this Chilean grower, who was declared bankrupt later that year. We continue to aggressively negotiate recovery.

We provided seller financing in the 2009 sale of the former joint venture that sourced bananas and pineapples from the Philippines for sale in the Middle East and Asia. The financing for the sale of this joint venture is a note that is receivable in equal installments through 2019. As of June 30, 2014, payments are current on this note receivable.

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Fyffes Transaction (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Fyffes Transaction [Abstract]

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block]

Note 3 – Strategic Combination with Fyffes plc

On March 10, 2014, we announced our intention to combine with Fyffes plc ("Fyffes") and entered into a transaction agreement for the proposed combination. Fyffes is a leading international importer and distributor of tropical produce, including bananas, pineapples and melons, with annual sales in excess of €800 million. Fyffes is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has operations in Europe, the U.S., Central and South America and has begun operations in Asia. Fyffes markets its produce under a variety of trademarks including the Fyffes® and Sol® brands and employs over 12,000 people worldwide.

In the proposed combination, Fyffes will become a wholly owned subsidiary of a new Irish holding company, ChiquitaFyffes plc ("ChiquitaFyffes"). Fyffes shareholders will receive 0.1567 of a ChiquitaFyffes ordinary share for each Fyffes share they hold and, upon completion of the combination, will own approximately 49.3% of ChiquitaFyffes ordinary shares, on a fully diluted basis. Chiquita will become an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of ChiquitaFyffes and Chiquita shareholders will receive one ChiquitaFyffes ordinary share for each Chiquita share that they hold and, upon completion of the combination, will own approximately 50.7% of ChiquitaFyffes ordinary shares, on a fully diluted basis. The combination is expected to result in operating synergies.

The proposed combination is expected to be completed before the end of 2014, but remains subject to shareholder approval by both Chiquita and Fyffes shareholders as well as remaining required regulatory approvals in the European Union and other jurisdictions. The special meeting of shareholders of Chiquita to approve the combination is currently scheduled for September 17, 2014.

The proposed combination will be accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting under the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805, with Chiquita determined to be the accounting acquirer.

The following preliminary purchase price calculation is based on the outstanding common shares of Fyffes plc, plus stock options expected to vest on or before the closing date, Chiquita's closing stock price on March 7, 2014 (the last trading day prior to the public announcement of the combination) and the latest practicable date prior to the filing of this Form 10-Q. The purchase price consideration could change materially and will ultimately be based on the closing date share price of Chiquita stock on the final date of the combination and the number of Fyffes stock options that will have vested by that date.

	March 7, 2014	August 4, 2014
Chiquita's closing share price	$10.84	$9.60
Preliminary purchase price consideration	$519 million	$460 million

In connection with the proposed combination, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant legal, advisory and other expenses, of which $3 million and $9 million were incurred and expensed during the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. The transaction agreement also provides for equal cost-sharing of fees between Chiquita and Fyffes relating to obtaining regulatory approvals. In the transaction agreement related to the proposed combination, we made customary representations and warranties, and agreed to customary covenants limiting our ability to, among other things: issue shares of capital stock; pay dividends; repurchase, redeem or acquire capital stock; redeem, repurchase, prepay or incur indebtedness; enter into, terminate or amend existing material contracts; enter into employment or severance agreements with certain employees; acquire equity interests or assets of third parties; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; and conduct restructuring or reorganization activities.

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Stock-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense totaled $1 million and $3 million for the quarters ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 and $4 million and $5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 . Stock-based compensation expense relates primarily to our performance-based long-term incentive program ("LTIP"), stock options and restricted stock unit ("RSU") awards. LTIP awards cover three-year performance cycles and are measured partly on performance criteria (cumulative earnings per share and/or cumulative free cash flow generation) and partly on market criteria (total shareholder return relative to a peer group of companies). The fair value of LTIP awards containing performance criteria are based on our expectations of performance achievement and the closing stock price on the measurement date. The fair value of LTIP awards based on market criteria are measured using a Monte-Carlo simulation using publicly available data.

Our LTIP awards are liability-classified awards, which do not affect "Capital surplus" until and if these awards are paid in shares. All other stock-based compensation is equity-classified, and therefore affects "Capital surplus." Changes in "Capital surplus" are primarily a result of stock compensation:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Stock-based compensation	$	1,820		$	1,876		$	3,676		$	3,828
Shares withheld for taxes	(30		)	(2		)	(257		)	(332		)
Capital surplus increase	$	1,790		$	1,874		$	3,419		$	3,496

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Pension and Severance Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Severance Benefits

Pension and Severance Benefits

Net pension expense from our defined benefit and severance plans are primarily comprised of severance plans covering Central American employees and consists of the following:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Service cost	$	1,855		$	1,864		$	3,710		$	3,728
Interest on projected benefit obligation	1,440			1,297			2,830			2,594
Expected return on plan assets	(341		)	(331		)	(671		)	(663		)
Recognized actuarial loss	264			306			532			612
Amortization of prior service cost	32			32			64			64
Defined benefit and severance plan expense	$	3,250		$	3,168		$	6,465		$	6,335

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Hedging - Deferred Net Gains (Losses) in AOCI Expected to Be Reclassed into Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred, Year One	$ (1,515)
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred, Year Two	1,067
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred	(448)
Cash flow hedging instruments | Currency Hedge Portfolio
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred, Year One	(1,398)
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred, Year Two	38
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred	(1,360)
Cash flow hedging instruments | Bunker Fuel Forward Contracts
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred, Year One	(117)
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred, Year Two	1,029
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) Reclassification from Accumulated OCI to Income, Estimated Net Amount to be Transferred	$ 912

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations

Debt including Capital Lease Obligations

The carrying values of our debt represent amortized cost and are summarized below with estimated fair values:

	June 30, 2014					December 31, 2013					June 30, 2013
	Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1		Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1		Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1
(In thousands)
7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2021	$	412,325		$	455,000	$	422,174		$	459,000	$	422,028		$	445,000
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016	170,053			200,000		164,050			194,000		158,400			192,000
ABL Term Loan	5,625			5,000		6,375			6,000		7,125			7,000
Capital lease obligations2	42,558			42,000		39,025			39,000		14,250			14,000
Other debt	6,541			6,000		—			—		—			—
Less current portion	(4,610		)			(2,271		)			(3,078		)
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	632,492				$	629,353				$	598,725

¹  The fair value of the senior notes is based on observable inputs, which include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market and market-corroborated inputs (Level 2). All other debt may be traded on the secondary loan market, and the fair value is based on either the last available trading price, if recent, or trading prices of comparable debt (Level 3). See Note 9 for further discussion of fair value.

² Capital lease obligations include the borrowings for the salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest. See further description of the build-to-suit lease below.

7.875% SENIOR SECURED NOTES

In February 2013, Chiquita Brands International, Inc. ("CBII") and its main operating subsidiary, Chiquita Brands L.L.C. ("CBL"), completed the offering of $425 million of 7.875% senior secured notes due February 1, 2021 ("7.875% Notes"). The notes were issued at 99.274% of par, resulting in a recorded discount that will be amortized over the life of the 7.875% Notes to reflect the effective interest rate of 8.0%. The 7.875% Notes were registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission through an exchange offer on January 6, 2014, which was completed on February 4, 2014. The 7.875% Notes bear interest of 7.875% per year (payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year). On January 31, 2014, we redeemed $10 million of the 7.875% Notes at 103% of the principal amount (plus interest to the redemption date), incurring less than $1 million of expense in 2014 for call premiums and deferred financing fee write-offs.

4.25% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES

Our $200 million of 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 ("Convertible Notes") are convertible at an initial conversion rate of 44.5524 shares of common stock per $1,000 in principal amount, equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $22.45 per share of common stock. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment based on certain dilutive events, including stock splits, stock dividends and other distributions (including cash dividends) in respect of the common stock. Holders of the Convertible Notes may tender their notes for conversion between May 15 and August 14, 2016, in multiples of $1,000 in principal amount, without limitation. Prior to May 15, 2016, holders of the Convertible Notes may tender the notes for conversion only under certain circumstances, in accordance with their terms.

The carrying amounts of the debt and equity components of the Convertible Notes are as follows:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			June 30, 2013
Principal amount of debt component1	$	200,000		$	200,000		$	200,000
Unamortized discount	(29,947		)	(35,950		)	(41,600		)
Net carrying amount of debt component	$	170,053		$	164,050		$	158,400
Equity component	$	84,904		$	84,904		$	84,904
Issuance costs and income taxes	(3,210		)	(3,210		)	(3,210		)
Equity component, net of issuance costs and income taxes	$	81,694		$	81,694		$	81,694

¹  As of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, the Convertible Notes' "if-converted" value did not exceed their principal amount because our common stock price was below the conversion price of the Convertible Notes.

The interest expense related to the Convertible Notes was as follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
4.25% coupon interest	$	2,125	$	2,125	$	4,250	$	4,250
Amortization of deferred financing fees	117		117		235		235
Amortization of discount on the debt component	3,046		2,699		6,003		5,318
Total interest expense related to the Convertible Notes	$	5,288	$	4,941	$	10,488	$	9,803

ASSET-BASED LENDING FACILITY

CBII and CBL also entered into a 5-year secured asset-based lending facility ("ABL Facility") concurrently with the closing of the 7.875% Notes offering on February 5, 2013. The ABL Facility consists of a revolver (the "ABL Revolver") and a $7.5 million term loan (the "ABL Term Loan"). The ABL Facility matures at the earlier of February 5, 2018 or 60 days prior to the maturity of the 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due August 15, 2016, unless such notes have been satisfactorily refinanced. The ABL Term Loan requires annual repayments of approximately $2 million. A consent was obtained on March 10, 2014 to facilitate the combination with Fyffes as described in Note 3.

The ABL Facility has a maximum borrowing capacity of $150 million, with the ABL Revolver subject to a borrowing base calculation based on specified percentages of domestic receivables, certain inventory and certain domestic machinery and equipment.

At June 30, 2014, there were no borrowings under the ABL Revolver, under which $92 million was available after $24 million was used to support letters of credit.

Loans under the ABL Facility bear interest at:

• A rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin of from 1.75% to 2.25%, or Base Rate plus a margin of from 0.25% to 0.75%, determined based on levels of borrowing availability reset each fiscal quarter;

• In the case of the Fixed Asset Sub-Line, a rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin from 2.25% to 2.75%, or Base Rate plus a margin of from 0.75% to 1.25%, determined based on levels of borrowing availability reset each fiscal quarter; and

• In the case of the ABL Term Loan, a rate equal to LIBOR plus a margin from 2.75% to 3.25%, or Base Rate plus a margin of from 1.25% to 1.75%, determined based on levels of borrowing availability reset each fiscal quarter.

At June 30, 2014, the weighted average interest rate for the ABL Facility was LIBOR plus 2.75%, or 2.90%.

The ABL Facility contains a fixed charge coverage ratio covenant that only becomes applicable when excess availability (as defined under such facility) is less than $20 million. The ABL Facility also contains a covenant requiring CBII and its subsidiaries to maintain substantially all of its cash in accounts that are subject to the control of the collateral agent under the ABL Facility which only becomes applicable when (a) an event of default under the facility occurs and is continuing or (b) excess availability (as defined under such facility) is less than $25 million.

The ABL facility also contains other customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on CBII and its subsidiaries' ability to incur indebtedness, create or permit the existence of liens over their assets, engage in certain mergers, asset sales and liquidations, prepay certain indebtedness, pay dividends and other "restricted payments," and engage in transactions with their affiliates, in each case subject to customary exceptions. At June 30, 2014, we were in compliance with the ABL and its other agreements and expect to remain in compliance for at least the next twelve months.

BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE FOR MIDWEST SALAD PLANT CONSOLIDATION

In June 2012, we entered into a 20-year lease agreement for a salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest that replaced three existing facilities in the region. The lease agreement contains two5-year extension periods. The plant was phased into service during 2013, and the construction costs were finalized on March 31, 2014 resulting in an interest rate of 6.3% to calculate the capital lease liability and future payments. Lease payments will increase annually based on CPI. The total liability related to this facility was $42 million, $38 million and $39 million at June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, respectively, of which approximately $1 million was current at each of those dates. At June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, this liability was included as a capital lease obligation on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Though the construction costs were financed by the lessor, we acted as the construction agent and were responsible for all construction activity during the construction period because of the specialized nature of the facility. As a result, we were treated as the owner for accounting purposes during the construction period, resulting in $2 million and $23 million of the liability being included in "Accrued liabilities" and "Other liabilities," respectively, on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at June 30, 2013 for the obligation related to assets that had not yet been placed into service.

OTHER DEBT

In the first quarter of 2014, we purchased a group of banana farms in Honduras that were adjacent to farms that we already owned. The purchase included approximately 700 hectares of land, of which nearly 450 hectares are in production, as well as related buildings and equipment. The purchase price was $10 million, of which $3 million, which is included in "Investing: Other, net" in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, was paid at closing and the remaining $7 million was financed by the sellers. Our debt to the sellers is payable in annual installments over four years. The agreement did not specify an interest rate, and we calculated the debt balance using the effective rate method and an estimated interest rate of 8%.

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Fair Value Measurements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is the price to hypothetically sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly manner in the principal market for that asset or liability. Accounting standards prioritize the use of observable inputs in measuring fair value. The level of a fair value measurement is determined entirely by the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement. The three levels are (from highest to lowest):

Level 1 – observable prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

Level 2 – observable inputs other than quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, which include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market and market-corroborated inputs; and

Level 3 – unobservable inputs.

The following table summarizes financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value, including derivative instruments on a gross basis, and the location of these instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013:

		Assets (Liabilities)			Fair Value Measurements Using
(In thousands)		at Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
June 30, 2014
Derivatives recorded in "Other current assets":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	$	1,259		$	—	$	1,259		$	—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(1,171		)	—		(1,171		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	830			—		830			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(14		)	—		(14		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(84		)	—		(84		)	—
Net amount recorded in other current assets		820			—		820			—
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	293			—		293			—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		293			—		293			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	2,482			—		2,482			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,081		)	—		(3,081		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	322			—		322			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(476		)	—		(476		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(254		)	—		(254		)	—
Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities		(1,007		)	—		(1,007		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(10		)	—		(10		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(10		)	—		(10		)	—
June 30, 2014		$	96		$	—	$	96		$	—
December 31, 2013
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	$	(220	)	—		$	(220	)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	953			—		953			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(100		)	—		(100		)	—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		633			—		633			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,250			—		1,250			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(5,947		)	—		(5,947		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	778			—		778			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(643		)	—		(643		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	245			—		245			—
Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities		(4,317		)	—		(4,317		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	833			—		833			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(930		)	—		(930		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(97		)	—		(97		)	—
December 31, 2013		$	(3,781	)	$	—	$	(3,781	)	$	—

		Assets (Liabilities)			Fair Value Measurements Using
(In thousands)		at Fair Value			Level 1		Level 2			Level 3
June 30, 2013
Derivatives recorded in "Other current assets":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	$	2,974		$	—	$	2,974		$	—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(2,227		)	—		(2,227		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	569			—		569			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	(34		)	—		(34		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized assets	206			—		206			—
Net amount recorded in other current assets		1,488			—		1,488			—
Derivatives recorded in "Investments & other assets, net":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized assets	137			—		137			—
Net amount recorded in investments & other assets, net		137			—		137			—
Derivatives recorded in "Accrued liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,194			—		1,194			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(5,638		)	—		(5,638		)	—
Currency hedge portfolio2	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	25			—		25			—
Currency hedge portfolio2	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(883		)	—		(883		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	1,531			—		1,531			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(1,005		)	—		(1,005		)	—
30-day euro forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	227			—		227			—
	Net amount recorded in accrued liabilities	(4,549		)	—		(4,549		)	—
Derivatives recorded in "Other liabilities":
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	221			—		221			—
Currency hedge portfolio1	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(100		)	—		(100		)	—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts offset in the balance sheets	43			—		43			—
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Gross amounts of recognized liabilities	(3,307		)	—		(3,307		)	—
Net amount recorded in other liabilities		(3,143		)	—		(3,143		)	—
June 30, 2013		$	(6,067	)	$	—	$	(6,067	)	$	—

¹ Currency hedge portfolio positions designated as cash flow hedges.

² Currency hedge portfolio positions not designated as hedging instruments.

Except as described in Note 8, currency hedge portfolio and bunker fuel forward contracts are designated as hedging instruments. 30-day euro forward contracts are not designated as hedging instruments. To the extent derivatives in an asset position and derivatives in a liability position are with the same counterparty, they are netted in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets because we enter into master netting arrangements with each of our hedging partners.

We value fuel hedging positions by applying an observable discount rate to the current forward prices of identical hedge positions. We value currency hedging positions by utilizing observable or market-corroborated inputs such as exchange rates, volatility and forward yield curves. We trade only with counterparties that meet certain liquidity and creditworthiness standards and do not anticipate non-performance by any of these counterparties. We do not require collateral from its counterparties, nor are we obligated to provide collateral when contracts are in a liability position. However, consideration of non-performance risk is required when valuing derivative instruments, and we include an adjustment for non-performance risk in the recognized measure of derivative instruments to reflect the full credit default spread ("CDS") applied to a net exposure by counterparty. When there is a net asset position, we use the counterparty's CDS; when there is a net liability position, we use our own estimated CDS. CDS is generally not a significant input in measuring fair value and was not significant for any of our derivative instruments in any period presented. See further discussion and tabular disclosure of hedging activity in Note 8.

Financial instruments not carried at fair value consist of our debt. See further fair value discussion and tabular disclosure related to debt in Note 7.

Fair value measurements of benefit plan assets included in net benefit plan liabilities are based on quoted market prices in active markets (Level 1) or quoted prices in inactive markets (Level 2). The carrying amounts of cash and equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables including current and non-current finance receivables and accounts payable approximate fair value. Level 3 fair value measurements are used in certain non-recurring items, including the impairment reviews of goodwill and intangible assets, which take place annually during the fourth quarter, or as circumstances indicate the possibility of impairment. Level 3 fair value measurements are also used in measuring non-recurring items, including impairments related to long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable.

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Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Gains and losses deferred in "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)" ("AOCI") are reclassified and recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations when they are realized. The items in the table below do not have an income tax effect because they are either permanent differences in the income tax calculation or they relate to jurisdictions where we have established full valuation allowances against our deferred tax assets. Amounts of (income) expense reclassified from AOCI are as follows (in thousands):

AOCI Component	Line Items Affected by Reclassifications from AOCI in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations	(Income) / expense reclassified from AOCI for the quarter ended June 30,						(Income) / expense reclassified from AOCI for the six months ended June 30,
		2014			2013			2014			2013
Currency translation	Other income (expense), net	$	—		$	—		$	252		$	—
Available-for-sale investment	Other income (expense), net	—			—			—			(561		)
Currency hedge portfolio derivatives	Net sales	1,020			6,582			2,047			15,214
Bunker fuel forward contracts	Cost of sales	(61		)	(2,151		)	(236		)	(4,990		)
Prior service cost and recognized actuarial loss amortization related to pensions*		296			338			596			676

* These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost. See Note 10 for further details.

The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014 were as follows:

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	(201	)	$	(5,848	)	$	(19,702	)	$	(25,751	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(1		)	4,441			(563		)	3,877
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			959			296			1,255
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	(1		)	5,400			(267		)	5,132
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(202	)	$	(448	)	$	(19,969	)	$	(20,619	)

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	(469	)	$	(5,654	)	$	(19,660	)	$	(25,783	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	15			3,395			(905		)	2,505
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	252			1,811			596			2,659
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)	267			5,206			(309		)	5,164
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	(202	)	$	(448	)	$	(19,969	)	$	(20,619	)

⁽¹⁾Net of deferred tax liability of $271, $271, and $530 as of June 30, 2014, March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2013 were as follows:

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment		Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	264		$	(1,702	)	$	—	$	(25,330	)	$	(26,768	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	(17		)	(11,187		)	—		15			(11,189		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			4,431			—		338			4,769
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(17		)	(6,756		)	—		353			(6,420		)
Balance at June 30, 2013	$	247		$	(8,458	)	$	—	$	(24,977	)	$	(33,188	)

(In thousands)	Net cumulative currency translation gains (losses)			Net unrealized losses on qualifying cash flow hedges			Unrealized gains on available-for-sale investment			Net unrecognized losses related to pension and severance plans (1)			Total
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	(125	)	$	(16,557	)	$	404		$	(24,247	)	$	(40,525	)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	372			(2,125		)	157			(1,406		)	(3,002		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			10,224			(561		)	676			10,339
Net current-period other comprehensive income	372			8,099			(404		)	(730		)	7,337
Balance at June 30, 2013	$	247		$	(8,458	)	$	—		$	(24,977	)	$	(33,188	)

⁽¹⁾Net of deferred tax liability of $153, $138 and $283 as of June 30, 2013, March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

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Reclassifications from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Line Items]
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Other Comprehensive Income																					$ 0	$ 271	$ 530	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Other income (expense), net	242	(1,568)	4,136	(2,123)	0	0	252	0	0	0	0	(561)
Net sales	(825,847)	(812,171)	(1,587,837)	(1,586,423)									1,020	6,582	2,047	15,214
Cost of sales	(716,307)	(693,346)	(1,401,559)	(1,372,497)													(61)	(2,151)	(236)	(4,990)
Prior service cost and recognized actuarial loss amortization related to pensions	$ (296)	$ (338)	$ (596)	$ (676)																							$ 296	[1]	$ 338	[1]	$ 596	[1]	$ 676	[1]

[1] These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension cost. See Note 10 for further details.

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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Effective tax rate	16.80%	(10.50%)	191.60%	0.70%
2008 through 2010 [Member] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Income taxes, penalties and interest to transfer pricing			$ 23
2010 [Domain] | Foreign Tax Authority [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Statutorily required profit sharing related to transfer pricing			$ 5

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Pension and Severance Benefits (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
Service cost	$ 1,855	$ 1,864	$ 3,710	$ 3,728
Interest on projected benefit obligation	1,440	1,297	2,830	2,594
Expected return on plan assets	(341)	(331)	(671)	(663)
Recognized actuarial loss	264	306	532	612
Amortization of prior service cost	32	32	64	64
Defined benefit and severance plan expense	$ 3,250	$ 3,168	$ 6,465	$ 6,335

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

1998-2000 cases

Loss Contingencies [Line Items]

Schedule of Loss Contingencies by Contingency

A summary of claims and deposits paid as of June 30, 2014 is as follows:

	Claim (In millions)	Interest and Penalties Claimed (In millions)	Total Claim (In millions)	Deposits Paid Pending Appeal (In millions)
Trento	€3.3	€3.1	€6.4	€6.4	Following the decisions in Trento, Chiquita Italia is entitled to claim reimbursement of approximately €5.5 million of the deposited amounts plus interest (or to apply to deposit requirements in other matters).
Alessandria	€0.3	€0.2	€0.5	€0.5	Deposits paid in 36 equal installments ended March 2012.
Aosta	€1.2	€1.2	€2.4	€1.1	Monthly deposit payments of €34 thousand began in November 2012. In December 2013 €589 thousand was applied from the Tax assessment of 2004 payments.
Genoa (Resolved)	€7.4	€1.0	€8.4	€1.6	Following the decision in Genoa in favor of Chiquita Italia, Chiquita Italia is entitled to claim reimbursement of deposited amounts plus interest. The paid amounts will be utilized to offset pending payment plans (or to apply to deposit requirements in other matters).

2004 - 2005 cases

Loss Contingencies [Line Items]

Schedule of Loss Contingencies by Contingency

A summary of assessments and deposits paid is as follows:

	Assessment (In millions)	Interest and Penalties Assessed (In millions)	Total Assessment (In millions)	Deposits Paid Pending Appeal (In millions)
Income Tax Assessment for 2004/2005	€12.0	€19.1	€31.1	€0.9	Monthly deposit payments of €113 thousand began in March 2012. The appeals court ruled in favor of Chiquita Italia in October 2012 for the 2004 assessments and a significant portion of the 2005 assessments have been withdrawn. The company has requested relief from these payments and reimbursement.
Customs Tax Assessment for 2004/2005	€19.4	€10.2	€29.6	€14.8	Monthly deposit payments of €350 thousand began in September 2011 and will continue through September 2017, unless a successful appeals process is completed sooner. In June 2014 we received an additional assessment for a total value of €1.2M, for which a full deposit was made.

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations - 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013		Dec. 31, 2013
Interest Expense, Debt [Abstract]
Amortization of discount on the debt component					$ 6,003,000		$ 5,318,000
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate on debt instrument	4.25%		4.25%		4.25%		4.25%		4.25%
Conversion rate of debt into equity					0.0445524000
Conversion price (in dollars per share)	$ 22.45		$ 22.45		$ 22.45		$ 22.45
Principal amount of debt component	200,000,000	[1]	200,000,000	[1]	200,000,000	[1]	200,000,000	[1]	200,000,000	[1]
Unamortized discount	(29,947,000)		(41,600,000)		(29,947,000)		(41,600,000)		(35,950,000)
Net carrying amount of debt component	170,053,000		158,400,000		170,053,000		158,400,000		164,050,000
Equity component	84,904,000		84,904,000		84,904,000		84,904,000		84,904,000
Issuance costs and income taxes	(3,210,000)		(3,210,000)		(3,210,000)		(3,210,000)		(3,210,000)
Equity component, net of issuance costs and income taxes	81,694,000		81,694,000		81,694,000		81,694,000		81,694,000
Interest Expense, Debt [Abstract]
4.25% coupon interest	2,125,000		2,125,000		4,250,000		4,250,000
Amortization of deferred financing fees	117,000		117,000		235,000		235,000
Amortization of discount on the debt component	3,046,000		2,699,000		6,003,000		5,318,000
Total interest expense related to the Convertible Notes	$ 5,288,000		$ 4,941,000		$ 10,488,000		$ 9,803,000

[1] As of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, the Convertible Notes' "if-converted" value did not exceed their principal amount because our common stock price was below the conversion price of the Convertible Notes.

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Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

We had an accrual of $4 million, related to contingencies and legal proceedings in Europe at each of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013, and June 30, 2013. While other contingent liabilities described below may be material to the financial statements, we have determined that losses in these matters are not probable and have not accrued any other amounts. Regardless of their outcomes, we have paid, and will likely continue to incur, significant legal and other fees to defend ourselves in these proceedings, which may significantly affect our financial statements.

COLOMBIA-RELATED MATTERS

Tort Lawsuits. Between June 2007 and March 2011, nine civil tort lawsuits were filed against us by Colombian nationals in U.S. federal courts. These lawsuits assert claims under various state and federal laws, including the Alien Tort Statute (the "ATS lawsuits"). The over 6,000 plaintiffs in the ATS lawsuits claim to be persons injured, or family members or legal heirs of individuals allegedly killed or injured, by armed groups that received payments from the company's former Colombian subsidiary. We had voluntarily disclosed these payments to the U.S. Department of Justice as having been made by the subsidiary to protect its employees from risks to their safety if the payments were not made. This self-disclosure led to our 2007 plea to one count of Engaging in Transactions with a Specially-Designated Global Terrorist Group without having first obtained a license from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The plaintiffs claim that, as a result of such payments, we should be held legally responsible for the alleged injuries. Eight of the ATS lawsuits seek unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, as well as attorneys' fees and costs, with one seeking treble damages and disgorgement of profits without explanation. The other ATS lawsuit contains a specific demand of $10 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages for each of the several hundred alleged victims in that suit. We also have received requests to participate in mediation in Colombia concerning similar claims, which could be followed by litigation in Colombia. All of the ATS lawsuits have been centralized in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings ("MDL Proceeding"). We believe the plaintiffs' claims are without merit and are defending ourselves vigorously.

Between June 2011 and March 2012, the court dismissed certain of the plaintiffs' claims, but allowed the plaintiffs to move forward with some ATS claims and claims asserted under Colombian law. We believe we have strong defenses to the remaining claims. In March 2012, the court granted our motion for interlocutory appeal of legal questions raised by the court's refusal to dismiss certain ATS claims, and, in September 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted permission to pursue the interlocutory appeal. In July 2014, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the district court's denial of the company's motion to dismiss and remanded the case for entry of an order dismissing the ATS claims.

In addition to the ATS lawsuits, between March 2008 and March 2011, four tort lawsuits were filed against us by American citizens who allege that they were kidnapped and held hostage by an armed group in Colombia, or that they are the survivors or the estate of a survivor of American nationals kidnapped and/or killed by the same group in Colombia. The plaintiffs in these cases make claims under the Antiterrorism Act and state tort laws (the "ATA lawsuits") and contend that we are liable because our former Colombian subsidiary allegedly provided material support to the armed group. The ATA lawsuits, which also have been centralized in the MDL Proceeding, seek unspecified compensatory damages, treble damages, attorneys' fees and costs and punitive damages. We believe the plaintiffs' claims are without merit and are defending ourselves vigorously.

In February 2010, our motion to dismiss one of the ATA lawsuits was granted in part and denied in part and in March 2012, our motions to dismiss the other ATA lawsuits were denied. In November 2012, one of the ATA lawsuits was dismissed after the parties reached a confidential settlement agreement. In July 2013, we filed a motion for reconsideration of the court's order denying its motions to dismiss the ATA lawsuits and that motion is pending. We believe we have strong defenses to the remaining claims in the ATA lawsuits.

Insurance Recovery. We have provided notice of the ATS and ATA lawsuits to the insurers that issued primary and excess general liability insurance policies during the relevant years. The insurers have either reserved the right to deny coverage or denied coverage for these lawsuits. In 2008, we commenced litigation in state court in Ohio against three of our primary insurers seeking coverage for defense costs incurred in connection with the ATA and ATS lawsuits; a fourth primary insurer was later joined to that lawsuit. We entered into settlement agreements under which three of our primary insurers agreed to pay, in total, approximately 40 percent of our defense costs in the ATA and ATS lawsuits. In late 2012, one of these settling insurers paid the full amount of a settlement in an ATA lawsuit. In June 2013, we received notice that the two other settling insurers, which had been paying approximately 1 percent of our defense costs, had been placed in liquidation. The fourth primary insurer, National Union, did not settle. In March 2013, the Ohio Court of Appeals held that National Union is not obligated to provide coverage for defense costs in the ATS and ATA lawsuits. The Ohio Supreme Court declined to accept the case for review.

As of June 30, 2014, National Union had paid us $12 million as reimbursement for defense costs. This sum, and an additional $1 million of interest, is being deferred in "Accrued Liabilities" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet because National Union asserts that it is entitled to obtain reimbursement of this amount from us based on the outcome of its appeal in the coverage case. In June 2014, after remand from the Ohio Court of Appeals, the trial court ruled that National Union is entitled to reimbursement of the defense costs that it has already paid. The company expects to appeal that ruling.

In August 2013, one of the settling primary insurers, Federal, filed a lawsuit in state court in Ohio seeking a declaratory judgment that, based on the Ohio Court of Appeals’ March 2013 decision regarding National Union’s defense obligations, Federal has no obligation to provide coverage for any settlements or judgments that may be incurred by us in the ATS and ATA lawsuits. In February 2014, a group of insurers that are affiliated with Travelers and that issued umbrella and excess policies to us filed a lawsuit in state court in Ohio seeking a declaratory judgment that they have no obligation to provide coverage for defense costs or settlements or judgments that may be incurred by us in the ATS and ATA lawsuits. In May 2014, the trial court ruled that Federal's lawsuit is premature and granted the company's motion to stay until the underlying tort lawsuits are resolved. Federal has not appealed that ruling. We believe that Travelers' lawsuit is also premature and will defend ourselves vigorously.

Neither the Ohio Court of Appeals’ ruling nor Federal’s lawsuit impacts Federal’s obligation to reimburse 40 percent of defense costs pursuant to the terms of its settlement agreement with Chiquita. There can be no assurance that the insurers will provide any additional coverage for these claims.

Colombia Investigation. The Colombian Attorney General's Office has been conducting an investigation into payments made by companies in the banana industry to paramilitary groups in Colombia. Included within the scope of the investigation are the payments that were the subject of the 2007 plea in the United States. In March 2012, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation issued a decision which concluded that our former Colombian subsidiary had made payments in response to extortion demands and that the payments were not illegal under Colombian law. Based on these findings, the prosecutor closed the investigation. As provided for under Colombian law, the prosecutor's decision was reviewed by senior officials in the Colombian Attorney General's office pursuant to a legal standard specifying that any evidence in the record suggesting that a crime may have occurred is sufficient to justify the reopening of the investigation. Applying this standard, in December 2012, the Colombian Attorney General's Office determined that the investigation should continue and not be closed. The Attorney General's office did not make any finding that persons connected with our former Colombian subsidiary committed wrongdoing of any kind, only that the matter warrants further investigation. We believe that we have at all times complied with Colombian law.

ITALIAN CUSTOMS AND TAX CASES

1998-2000 Cases. In October 2004, our Italian subsidiary, Chiquita Italia, received the first of several notices from various customs authorities in Italy stating that it is potentially liable for additional duties and taxes on the import of bananas by Socoba S.r.l. ("Socoba") from 1998 to 2000 for sale to Chiquita Italia. The customs authorities claim that (i) the amounts are due because these bananas were imported with licenses (purportedly issued by Spain) that were subsequently determined to have been forged and (ii) Chiquita Italia should be jointly liable with Socoba because (a) Socoba was controlled by a former general manager of Chiquita Italia and (b) the import transactions benefited Chiquita Italia, which arranged for Socoba to purchase the bananas from another subsidiary of ours and, after customs clearance, sell them to Chiquita Italia. Chiquita Italia is contesting these claims, principally on the basis of its good faith belief at the time the import licenses were obtained and used that they were valid.

Separate civil customs proceedings were ultimately brought against Chiquita Italia in four Italian jurisdictions, Genoa, Trento, Aosta and Alessandria. In Genoa the Court of Cassation, the highest level of appeal in Italy, issued a decision in favor of Chiquita Italia in September 2013. In Trento the Court of Cassation issued a decision during the fourth quarter of 2013 in favor of Chiquita Italia as to approximately €5.5 million of the €6.4 million total claim including interest, with the remaining amount ruled payable by Chiquita Italia from the deposits already made in these matters. In April 2014, the Italian customs authority filed a request for revocation of this Court of Cassation decision, a request which we do not believe is permitted under Italian law. In Alessandria, Chiquita Italia lost at the trial level, appealed and a favorable decision was published in April 2014. The authorities have the right to appeal this decision. In Aosta, Chiquita Italia lost at the trial level, appealed and the decision is pending. Socoba brought a claim in Rome trial court (and Chiquita Italia intervened voluntarily) on the issue of whether the forged Spanish licenses used by Socoba should be regarded as genuine in view of the apparent inability to distinguish between genuine and forged licenses. In an October 2010 decision, the Rome trial court rejected Socoba's claim that the licenses should be considered genuine on the basis that Socoba had not sufficiently demonstrated how similar the forged licenses were to genuine Spanish licenses. Socoba has appealed this decision. In an unrelated case addressing similar forged Spanish licenses used in Belgium, the EU Commission advised the customs authorities the same types of licenses challenged in Italy appeared valid on their face and should be treated as genuine.

Under Italian law, the amounts claimed in the Trento, Alessandria, Aosta and Genoa cases became due and payable notwithstanding the pending appeals. Deposits made in these cases are deferred in "Investments and other assets, net" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets pending resolution of the appeals process. A summary of claims and deposits paid as of June 30, 2014 is as follows:

	Claim (In millions)	Interest and Penalties Claimed (In millions)	Total Claim (In millions)	Deposits Paid Pending Appeal (In millions)
Trento	€3.3	€3.1	€6.4	€6.4	Following the decisions in Trento, Chiquita Italia is entitled to claim reimbursement of approximately €5.5 million of the deposited amounts plus interest (or to apply to deposit requirements in other matters).
Alessandria	€0.3	€0.2	€0.5	€0.5	Deposits paid in 36 equal installments ended March 2012.
Aosta	€1.2	€1.2	€2.4	€1.1	Monthly deposit payments of €34 thousand began in November 2012. In December 2013 €589 thousand was applied from the Tax assessment of 2004 payments.
Genoa (Resolved)	€7.4	€1.0	€8.4	€1.6	Following the decision in Genoa in favor of Chiquita Italia, Chiquita Italia is entitled to claim reimbursement of deposited amounts plus interest. The paid amounts will be utilized to offset pending payment plans (or to apply to deposit requirements in other matters).

2004-2005 Cases. In 2008, Chiquita Italia was required to provide documents and information to the Italian fiscal police in connection with a criminal investigation into imports of bananas by Chiquita Italia during 2004 and 2005, and the payment of customs duties on these imports. The focus of the investigation was an importation process whereby we sold some of our bananas to holders of import licenses who imported the bananas and resold them to Chiquita Italia (indirect import challenge), a practice we believe was legitimate under both Italian and EU law and which was widely accepted by authorities across the EU and by the EC. In June 2012, the Italian courts acquitted Chiquita Italia parties of all charges relating to 2004, and in December 2013 relating to 2005. There are no further criminal charges pending.

Tax authorities issued assessment notices for 2004 and 2005, which were appealed to the first level Rome tax court; in June 2011, the court rejected the appeal for 2004. Chiquita Italia appealed this decision and, in October 2012, the appeals court ruled in favor of Chiquita Italia with respect to 2004. A significant portion of the 2005 income tax assessment has been withdrawn by the tax authorities and an appeal for the remaining portion is pending. Separately, customs authorities have also issued assessments for these cases. Chiquita Italia's appeals of these customs assessments were rejected by the first level Rome tax court and the regional court. Chiquita Italia has appealed the decisions to the Court of Cassation, the highest level of appeal in Italy. In each case, Chiquita Italia has received payment notifications from the tax and customs authorities, but the 2004 tax assessment has been annulled based on the October 2012 appeals court ruling and the company is claiming reimbursement of payments made. Deposits made under these cases are deferred in "Investments and other assets, net" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets pending resolution of the appeals process. If Chiquita Italia ultimately prevails in its appeals, all amounts deposited will be reimbursed with interest. A summary of assessments and deposits paid is as follows:

	Assessment (In millions)	Interest and Penalties Assessed (In millions)	Total Assessment (In millions)	Deposits Paid Pending Appeal (In millions)
Income Tax Assessment for 2004/2005	€12.0	€19.1	€31.1	€0.9	Monthly deposit payments of €113 thousand began in March 2012. The appeals court ruled in favor of Chiquita Italia in October 2012 for the 2004 assessments and a significant portion of the 2005 assessments have been withdrawn. The company has requested relief from these payments and reimbursement.
Customs Tax Assessment for 2004/2005	€19.4	€10.2	€29.6	€14.8	Monthly deposit payments of €350 thousand began in September 2011 and will continue through September 2017, unless a successful appeals process is completed sooner. In June 2014 we received an additional assessment for a total value of €1.2M, for which a full deposit was made.

The fiscal police investigation also challenged the involvement of an entity of ours incorporated in Bermuda in the sale of bananas directly to Chiquita Italia (direct import challenge), as a result of which the tax authorities claimed additional taxes of €13 million ($17 million) for 2004 and €19 million ($26 million) for 2005, plus interest and penalties. In order to avoid a long and costly tax dispute, in April 2011, Chiquita Italia reached an agreement in principle with the Italian tax authorities to settle the dispute and recorded expense for the settlements at that time. Under the settlement, the tax authorities agreed that the Bermuda corporation's involvement in the importation of bananas was appropriate and Chiquita Italia agreed to an adjustment to the intercompany price paid by Chiquita Italia for the imported bananas it purchased from this company, resulting in a higher income tax liability for those years. Chiquita Italia paid a settlement of €3 million ($4 million) of additional income tax for 2004 and 2005, including interest and penalties, which was significantly below the amounts originally claimed. The portion of the settlement for 2005 is still subject to approval by the Rome tax court which is expected in due course. As part of the settlement, Chiquita Italia also agreed to an adjustment to its intercompany purchases of bananas for years 2006 through 2009, resulting in payments in June and July 2011 of €2 million ($3 million) of additional tax and interest to fully settle those years. The indirect import challenge described above is not part of the settlement.

Chiquita Italia continues to believe that it acted properly and that all the transactions for which it has received assessment notices were legitimate and reported appropriately, and, aside from those issues already settled, continues to vigorously defend the transactions at issue.

CONSUMPTION TAX REFUNDS

We have and have had several open cases seeking the refund of certain consumption taxes paid between 1980 and 1990 in various Italian jurisdictions. As gain contingencies, these refunds and any related interest are recognized when realized and all gain contingencies have been removed. In January 2012, we received €20 million ($27 million) related to a favorable decision from a court in Salerno, Italy. The claim is not considered resolved or realized, as the decision has been appealed to a higher court. Consequently, the receipt of cash has been deferred in "Other liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Decisions in one jurisdiction have no binding effect on pending claims in other jurisdictions and all unresolved claims may take years to resolve. If we were to lose on appeal, we may be required to repay the consumption tax refunds received with interest.

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Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Inventory, Net [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Current

Inventories consist of the following:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013		June 30, 2013
Finished goods	$	69,411	$	69,450	$	67,908
Growing crops	74,356		74,985		78,951
Raw materials, supplies and other	67,544		66,129		71,576
	$	211,311	$	210,564	$	218,435

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations - Carrying and Estimated Fair Value Table (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations	$ 42,558	[1]	$ 39,025	[1]	$ 14,250	[1]
Estimated Fair Value - Capital lease obligations	42,000	[1],[2]	39,000	[1],[2]	14,000	[1],[2]
Less current portion	(4,610)		(2,271)		(3,078)
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	632,492		629,353		598,725
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	170,053		164,050		158,400
Estimated Fair Value	200,000	[2]	194,000	[2]	192,000	[2]
Other debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value	6,000	[2]
Other Long-term Debt	6,541
7.875% Senior Notes | Senior notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	412,325		422,174		422,028
Estimated Fair Value	455,000	[2]	459,000	[2]	445,000	[2]
ABL Term Loan | ABL Term Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	5,625		6,375		7,125
Estimated Fair Value	5,000	[2]	6,000	[2]	7,000	[2]
Midwest [Member] | Warehouse In Service [Member] | Long-term Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital Lease Obligations	$ 42,000		$ 38,000		$ 39,000

[1] Capital lease obligations include the borrowings for the salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest. See further description of the build-to-suit lease below

[2] The fair value of the senior notes is based on observable inputs, which include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market and market-corroborated inputs (Level 2). All other debt may be traded on the secondary loan market, and the fair value is based on either the last available trading price, if recent, or trading prices of comparable debt (Level 3). See Note 9 for further discussion of fair value.

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Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Shares that would be added to EPS calculation if the Company had generated net income	Jun. 30, 2014 Stock options and other stock awards	Jun. 30, 2013 Stock options and other stock awards	Jun. 30, 2014 Stock options and other stock awards	Jun. 30, 2013 Stock options and other stock awards	Jun. 30, 2014 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes	Dec. 31, 2013 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes	Jun. 30, 2013 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income (loss)	$ 17,836	$ 31,100	$ (6,767)	$ 33,477
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate basic EPS) (in shares)	46,915,000	46,481,000	46,883,000	46,426,000
Dilutive effect of stock options and other stock awards (in shares)	1,212,000	835,000	0	769,000
Weighted average common shares outstanding (used to calculate diluted EPS) (in shares)	48,127,000	47,316,000	46,883,000	47,195,000
Earnings (loss) per common share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.38	$ 0.67	$ (0.14)	$ 0.72
Earnings (loss) per common share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.37	$ 0.66	$ (0.14)	$ 0.71
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive shares of stock options and other stock awards excluded from computation of earnings per share, amount (in shares)					1,200,000	0	1,700,000	100,000	1,800,000
Stated interest rate on debt instrument										4.25%	4.25%	4.25%
Conversion price (in dollars per share)										$ 22.45		$ 22.45

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$ 54,513	$ 54,017		$ 66,968
Trade receivables, less allowances of $19,545, $19,602 and $18,122, respectively	271,895	252,068		302,725
Other receivables, net	60,575	56,273		68,486
Inventories	211,311	210,564		218,435
Prepaid expenses	39,139	49,733		41,466
Other current assets	7,396	6,540		18,837
Total current assets	644,829	629,195		716,917
Property, plant and equipment, net	399,862	390,773		393,840
Investments and other assets, net	109,747	108,077		88,173
Trademarks	426,085	426,085		426,085
Goodwill	18,095	18,095		18,095
Other intangible assets, net	82,229	86,913		91,596
Total assets	1,680,847	1,659,138		1,734,706
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	4,610	2,271		3,078
Accounts payable	251,579	248,273		273,784
Accrued liabilities	169,261	158,034	[1]	153,171
Total current liabilities	425,450	408,578		430,033
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	632,492	629,353		598,725
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	80,274	77,066		79,709
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	0	6,290		13,356
Deferred tax liabilities	106,784	103,679		110,122
Other liabilities	59,593	59,734		88,047
Total liabilities	1,304,593	1,284,700		1,319,992
Commitments and contingencies	0	0		0
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, $.01 par value (46,916,600, 46,829,913 and 46,525,952 shares outstanding, respectively)	469	468		465
Capital surplus	843,082	839,664		838,056
Accumulated deficit	(446,678)	(439,911)		(390,619)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(20,619)	(25,783)		(33,188)
Total shareholders' equity	376,254	374,438		414,714
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 1,680,847	$ 1,659,138		$ 1,734,706

[1] We revised the December 31, 2013 condensed consolidating balance sheet presented above to correct for items of classification between CBII and CBLLC, the Co-Issuers. These classification items affected the line items indicated in amounts representing less than 1% of both total assets and total liabilities of CBII and CBLLC

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Restructuring

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring

August 2012, we announced a restructuring plan to transform the company into a branded commodity operator. The restructuring plan was designed to reduce costs and improve our competitive position by focusing our resources on the banana and salad businesses, reducing investment in non-core products, reducing overhead and manufacturing cost and limiting consumer marketing activities. In connection with this restructuring plan, we eliminated approximately 300 positions worldwide and incurred $18 million of restructuring costs, including $11 million of severance and $5 million of impairments primarily related to fixed assets and certain promotional and packaging materials. The restructuring was substantially complete at December 31, 2012. At June 30, 2014 we had a remaining severance accrual of less than $1 million related to severance payments to the former chief executive officer.

Due to the restructuring plan and related reductions of investment in non-core products, we also sold one of our European healthy snacking businesses in the second quarter of 2013. The business was sold for €3 million ($4 million) resulting in a gain of $2 million recognized in "Other income (expense), net" in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. This business represented approximately $12 million in annual net sales and had an insignificant effect on operating income.

In the first quarter of 2014, we disposed of another non-core healthy snacking business in Europe, resulting in a loss of $3 million, which was recorded in “Other income (expense), net.” Of this loss, $1 million related to cash payments upon disposal. This business represented approximately $2 million in annual net sales and had an insignificant effect on operating income.

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Hedging - Hedge Portfolio Table (Details)	Jun. 30, 2014 Average rate forward, settlement period - 2014 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Average rate forward contracts USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Average rate forward, settlement period - 2014 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Average rate forward contracts EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Average rate forward, settlement period - 2015 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Average rate forward contracts USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2014 Average rate forward, settlement period - 2015 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Average rate forward contracts EUR (€)		Jun. 30, 2014 Commodity forward contract, settlement period - 2014 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Bunker fuel forward contracts Mg	Jun. 30, 2014 Commodity forward contract, settlement period - 2015 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Bunker fuel forward contracts Mg		Jun. 30, 2014 30-day euro forward contracts 30-day euro forward contracts, settlement period - July 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 30-day euro forward contracts 30-day euro forward contracts, settlement period - July 2014 EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Purchased Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2014 Euro put option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Purchased Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2014 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro put option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Purchased Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2014 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro put option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Purchased Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2015 Euro put option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Purchased Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2015 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro put option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Purchased Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2015 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro put option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Sold Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2014 Euro call option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Sold Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2014 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro call option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Sold Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2014 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro call option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2013 Sold Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2015 Euro call option EUR (€)	Jun. 30, 2014 Sold Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2015 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro call option USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Sold Foreign exchange option, settlement period - 2015 Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Euro call option EUR (€)
Derivative [Line Items]
Currency derivatives - Notional Amount		€ 64,000,000			€ 14,000,000	[1]					€ 49,000,000	€ 25,000,000		€ 87,000,000	€ 19,000,000		€ 113,000,000	€ 25,000,000		€ 87,000,000	€ 19,000,000		€ 113,000,000
Fuel derivatives - Notional Amount							43,266	59,800	[1]
Currency derivatives - Contract Average Rate/Price (in $ per EUR)	1.36		1.38	[1]						1.36			1.33			1.36			1.39			1.40
Fuel derivatives - Contract Average Rate/Price (in $ per mt)							592	556	[1]

[1] Settlement periods for bunker fuel forward contracts and currency derivatives are through September 2015 and June 2015, respectively.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense	$ 1	$ 3	$ 4	$ 5
LTIP
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance cycle covered by award			3 years

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Debt Including Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of carrying values and estimated fair values of debt instruments

The carrying values of our debt represent amortized cost and are summarized below with estimated fair values:

	June 30, 2014					December 31, 2013					June 30, 2013
	Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1		Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1		Carrying Value			Estimated Fair Value1
(In thousands)
7.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2021	$	412,325		$	455,000	$	422,174		$	459,000	$	422,028		$	445,000
4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016	170,053			200,000		164,050			194,000		158,400			192,000
ABL Term Loan	5,625			5,000		6,375			6,000		7,125			7,000
Capital lease obligations2	42,558			42,000		39,025			39,000		14,250			14,000
Other debt	6,541			6,000		—			—		—			—
Less current portion	(4,610		)			(2,271		)			(3,078		)
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	632,492				$	629,353				$	598,725

¹  The fair value of the senior notes is based on observable inputs, which include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in an active market and market-corroborated inputs (Level 2). All other debt may be traded on the secondary loan market, and the fair value is based on either the last available trading price, if recent, or trading prices of comparable debt (Level 3). See Note 9 for further discussion of fair value.

² Capital lease obligations include the borrowings for the salad production and warehousing facility in the Midwest. See further description of the build-to-suit lease below.

Carrying amounts of convertible debt and equity components

The carrying amounts of the debt and equity components of the Convertible Notes are as follows:

(In thousands)	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013			June 30, 2013
Principal amount of debt component1	$	200,000		$	200,000		$	200,000
Unamortized discount	(29,947		)	(35,950		)	(41,600		)
Net carrying amount of debt component	$	170,053		$	164,050		$	158,400
Equity component	$	84,904		$	84,904		$	84,904
Issuance costs and income taxes	(3,210		)	(3,210		)	(3,210		)
Equity component, net of issuance costs and income taxes	$	81,694		$	81,694		$	81,694

¹  As of June 30, 2014, December 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, the Convertible Notes' "if-converted" value did not exceed their principal amount because our common stock price was below the conversion price of the Convertible Notes.

The interest expense related to the Convertible Notes was as follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
4.25% coupon interest	$	2,125	$	2,125	$	4,250	$	4,250
Amortization of deferred financing fees	117		117		235		235
Amortization of discount on the debt component	3,046		2,699		6,003		5,318
Total interest expense related to the Convertible Notes	$	5,288	$	4,941	$	10,488	$	9,803

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Commitments and Contingencies - Colombia-Related Matters - Insurance Recovery (Details) (Colombia, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013 Insurance recovery coverage suit insurer	Jun. 30, 2014 Insurance recovery coverage suit	Dec. 31, 2008 Insurance recovery coverage suit insurer	Dec. 31, 2009 Insurance recovery coverage suit insurer	Jun. 30, 2013 Two insurers who had been placed in liquidation insurer	Dec. 31, 2009 Two insurers who had been placed in liquidation	Jun. 30, 2014 Defendant seeking a declaratory judgment relieving coverage obligation insurer	Dec. 31, 2009 Defendant seeking a declaratory judgment relieving coverage obligation
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Initial number of primary general liability insurers involved in coverage suit	1		3		2		1
Number of primary insurers with which the company reached settlement agreements				3
Percent of defense costs in the ATA and ATS lawsuits to be paid by primary insurers				40.00%		1.00%		40.00%
Expense reimbursement received to date which is deferred in Other liabilities		$ 12

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Supplemental Consolidating Financial Information Condensed Balance Sheet (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Jun. 30, 2013

Condensed Balance Sheet [Table Text Block]

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
June 30, 2014
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor		Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)		(Co-issuer)		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	—	$	22,189	$	—	$	32,324	$	—		$	54,513
Trade receivables, less allowances	—		56,360		60,229		155,306		—			271,895
Other receivables, net	—		999		4,452		55,961		(837		)	60,575
Inventories	—		10,831		34,668		165,812		—			211,311
Prepaid expenses	954		1,631		9,137		27,417		—			39,139
Due from affiliates	57,210		2,168,269		1,394,702		558,114		(4,178,295		)	—
Other current assets	—		3,587		12,823		—		(9,014		)	7,396
Total current assets	58,164		2,263,866		1,516,011		994,934		(4,188,146		)	644,829
Property, plant and equipment, net	—		17,733		197,730		184,399		—			399,862
Investments and other assets, net	21,309		12,555		4,466		77,814		(6,397		)	109,747
Trademarks	—		208,085		38,500		179,500		—			426,085
Goodwill	—		—		18,095		—		—			18,095
Other intangible assets, net	—		—		82,182		47		—			82,229
Investments in and accounts with subsidiaries	1,439,143		1,129,504		1,535		—		(2,570,182		)	—
Total assets	$	1,518,616	$	3,631,743	$	1,858,519	$	1,436,694	$	(6,764,725	)	$	1,680,847
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	—	$	1,500	$	1,622	$	1,488	$	—		$	4,610
Accounts payable	3,143		4,937		89,973		153,526		—			251,579
Accrued liabilities	33,224		23,735		62,527		59,626		(9,851		)	169,261
Due to affiliates	919,544		1,668,253		1,225,080		365,418		(4,178,295		)	—
Total current liabilities	955,911		1,698,425		1,379,202		580,058		(4,188,146		)	425,450
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	170,053		416,450		40,812		5,177		—			632,492
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	14,592		2,882		—		62,800		—			80,274
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	—		—		—		—		—			—
Deferred tax liabilities	235		66,653		46,293		—		(6,397		)	106,784
Other liabilities	1,571		8,190		9,427		40,405		—			59,593
Total liabilities	1,142,362		2,192,600		1,475,734		688,440		(4,194,543		)	1,304,593
Commitments and contingencies	—		—		—		—		—			—
Total shareholders' equity	376,254		1,439,143		382,785		748,254		(2,570,182		)	376,254
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	1,518,616	$	3,631,743	$	1,858,519	$	1,436,694	$	(6,764,725	)	$	1,680,847

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 31, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII	CBLLC	Guarantor	Non-Guarantor	Consolidating		Company
	(Co-Issuer)	(Co-issuer)	Subsidiaries	Subsidiaries	Eliminations		Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	—	15,851	—	38,166	—		54,017
Trade receivables, less allowances	—	49,325	51,189	151,554	—		252,068
Other receivables, net	1,061	402	5,140	49,670	—		56,273
Inventories	—	15,567	34,831	160,166	—		210,564
Prepaid expenses	1,024	3,661	11,040	34,008	—		49,733
Due from affiliates1	71,604	2,060,284	1,270,479	490,208	(3,892,575	)	—
Other current assets	—	2,751	12,753	—	(8,964	)	6,540
Total current assets	73,689	2,147,841	1,385,432	923,772	(3,901,539	)	629,195
Property, plant and equipment, net	—	20,258	201,346	169,169	—		390,773
Investments and other assets, net1	20,999	13,994	3,644	75,218	(5,778	)	108,077
Trademarks	—	208,085	38,500	179,500	—		426,085
Goodwill	—	—	18,095	—	—		18,095
Other intangible assets, net	—	—	86,853	60	—		86,913
Investments in and accounts with subsidiaries	1,402,089	1,073,711	3,186	—	(2,478,986	)	—
Total assets	1,496,777	3,463,889	1,737,056	1,347,719	(6,386,303	)	1,659,138
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	—	1,500	726	45	—		2,271
Accounts payable	1,126	8,150	89,352	149,645	—		248,273
Accrued liabilities1	36,511	27,420	57,984	45,083	(8,964	)	158,034
Due to affiliates1	903,865	1,520,539	1,122,258	345,913	(3,892,575	)	—
Total current liabilities	941,502	1,557,609	1,270,320	540,686	(3,901,539	)	408,578
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	164,050	427,049	38,147	107	—		629,353
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	15,223	2,818	—	59,025	—		77,066
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	—	—	—	6,290	—		6,290
Deferred tax liabilities	115	66,142	42,539	661	(5,778	)	103,679
Other liabilities	1,449	8,182	8,885	41,218	—		59,734
Total liabilities	1,122,339	2,061,800	1,359,891	647,987	(3,907,317	)	1,284,700
Commitments and contingencies	—	—	—	—	—		—
Total shareholders' equity	374,438	1,402,089	377,165	699,732	(2,478,986	)	374,438
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	1,496,777	3,463,889	1,737,056	1,347,719	(6,386,303	)	1,659,138

^1.  We revised the December 31, 2013 condensed consolidating balance sheet presented above to correct for items of classification between CBII and CBLLC, the Co-Issuers. These classification items affected the line items indicated in amounts representing less than 1% of both total assets and total liabilities of CBII and CBLLC.

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
June 30, 2013
(in thousands)
	CBII		CBLLC		Guarantor		Non-Guarantor		Consolidating			Company
	(Co-Issuer)		(Co-issuer)		Subsidiaries		Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	—	$	11,245	$	—	$	55,723	$	—		$	66,968
Trade receivables, less allowances	—		50,087		69,789		182,849		—			302,725
Other receivables, net	—		1,254		5,407		61,825		—			68,486
Inventories	—		8,738		39,240		170,457		—			218,435
Prepaid expenses	1,100		997		8,891		30,478		—			41,466
Due from affiliates	91,171		1,915,143		1,140,707		421,108		(3,568,129		)	—
Other current assets	—		1,488		17,024		10,114		(9,789		)	18,837
Total current assets	92,271		1,988,952		1,281,058		932,554		(3,577,918		)	716,917
Property, plant and equipment, net	—		22,659		209,802		161,379		—			393,840
Investments and other assets, net	13,939		27,245		3,365		56,570		(12,946		)	88,173
Trademarks	—		208,085		38,500		179,500		—			426,085
Goodwill	—		—		18,095		—		—			18,095
Other intangible assets, net	—		—		91,525		71		—			91,596
Investments in and accounts with subsidiaries	1,390,962		1,058,544		3,189		—		(2,452,695		)	—
Total assets	$	1,497,172	$	3,305,485	$	1,645,534	$	1,330,074	$	(6,043,559	)	$	1,734,706
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	—	$	1,500	$	1,549	$	29	$	—		$	3,078
Accounts payable	1,408		6,590		92,368		173,418		—			273,784
Accrued liabilities	27,997		36,231		60,183		38,549		(9,789		)	153,171
Due to affiliates	878,915		1,346,777		1,020,063		322,374		(3,568,129		)	—
Total current liabilities	908,320		1,391,098		1,174,163		534,370		(3,577,918		)	430,033
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current portion	158,400		427,775		12,550		—		—			598,725
Accrued pension and other employee benefits	13,355		7,842		—		58,512		—			79,709
Deferred gain - sale of shipping fleet	—		—		—		13,356		—			13,356
Deferred tax liabilities	115		78,422		38,739		5,792		(12,946		)	110,122
Other liabilities	2,268		9,386		35,717		40,676		—			88,047
Total liabilities	1,082,458		1,914,523		1,261,169		652,706		(3,590,864		)	1,319,992
Commitments and contingencies	—		—		—		—		—			—
Total shareholders' equity	414,714		1,390,962		384,365		677,368		(2,452,695		)	414,714
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	1,497,172	$	3,305,485	$	1,645,534	$	1,330,074	$	(6,043,559	)	$	1,734,706

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Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Information

Segment Information

We report three business segments:

• Bananas: Includes the sourcing (purchase and production), transportation, marketing and distribution of bananas.

• Salads and Healthy Snacks: Includes ready-to-eat, packaged salads, referred to in the industry as "value-added salads" and other value-added products, such as healthy snacking items, fresh vegetable and fruit ingredients used in food service; and processed fruit ingredients.

• Other Produce: Includes the sourcing, marketing and distribution of whole fresh produce other than bananas. The primary product of the Other Produce segment is pineapples.

Certain corporate expenses are not allocated to the reportable segments and are included in "Corporate costs". Inter-segment transactions are eliminated.

Financial information for each segment follows:

	Quarter Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net sales:
Bananas	$	537,340		$	517,692		$	1,038,871		$	1,025,643
Salads and Healthy Snacks	249,317			260,218			478,928			500,290
Other Produce	39,190			34,261			70,038			60,490
	$	825,847		$	812,171		$	1,587,837		$	1,586,423
Operating income (loss):
Bananas1	$	43,332		$	53,168		$	64,021		$	83,399
Salads and Healthy Snacks2	7,227			2,993			3,742			9,750
Other Produce	30			(43		)	125			(421		)
Corporate costs3	(13,856		)	(15,542		)	(30,567		)	(27,014		)
	$	36,733		$	40,576		$	37,321		$	65,714

¹ Includes $5 million of cost related to the changeover of vessels at the end of the leases and a $1 million gain on the sale of a ripening facility in Europe in the second quarter of 2014.

² Includes $2 million of cost in the second quarter of 2014 related to inventory and equipment write downs and severance expense related to product resizing, product discontinuation and overhead savings initiatives. Includes $1 million of "Cost of sales" in the first quarter of 2013 for severance costs related to a fruit ingredient business.

³ Includes $3 million and $9 million of costs for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, for the proposed combination with Fyffes.