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| | Australian Financial Review - Top banana grower finds rich pickings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Chiquita, Australia's largest banana producer, has reported a 66 per cent increase in operating earnings in the six months to the end of June, and is on track to return to profitability after racking up losses of more than $30 million in the past two years. |
 | | Chiquita, which grows and distributes bananas, mushrooms, blueberries and citrus fruits and processes dried fruits, earns about 75 per cent to 80 per cent of profits in the second half. |
 | | Mr Babiolakis said the improved first-half result reflected the impact of restructuring efforts to date, including the sale of two banana farms and packing houses, an overhaul of market-trading operations and widespread cost-cutting. |
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