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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 6-K

                            REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER

                      PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                November 21, 2001


                                  BUNGE LIMITED
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

                                 50 Main Street
                             White Plains, NY 10606
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


         (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

                      Form 20-F   X    Form 40-F
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         (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.)

                            Yes          No     X
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                                    EXHIBITS




Exhibit 99.1      Press release dated November 21, 2001 announcing corporate
                  restructuring in Brazil





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                                   SIGNATURES

         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.



                                    Bunge Limited



Date:  November 21, 2001            By  /S/ THEODORE P. FOX, III
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                                      Name:  Theodore P. Fox, III
                                      Title: Controller and Principal Accounting
                                             Officer

