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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 28, 2004

                                  BUNGE LIMITED
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Bermuda                                  001-16625           98-0231912
(State or other                  (Commission File Number)    (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)                               Identification No.)


50 Main Street, White Plains, New York                       10606
(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (914) 684-2800

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR 230.425)

[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



                         Exhibit Index Appears on page 4


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Item 8.01    Other Events

       On September 28, 2004, Bunge Limited issued a press release announcing
the completion of a tender offer for the minority interest in Bunge Brasil S.A.
A copy of such press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1, attached
hereto.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

       (c)   Exhibits

             Exhibit No.    Description
             -----------    -----------
             99.1           Press release, dated September 28, 2004, announcing
                            the completion of a tender offer for the minority
                            interest in Bunge Brasil S.A.


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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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                       BUNGE LIMITED

                                       By:  /S/ CARLA L. HEISS
                                       ----------------------------
                                       Name:  Carla L. Heiss
                                       Title: Assistant General Counsel



Date:    September 28, 2004


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibits
-----------       ----------------------------
99.1              Press release, dated September 28, 2004, announcing the
                  completion of a tender offer for the minority interest in
                  Bunge Brasil S.A.

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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.1 TO BUNGE FORM 8-K
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Exhibit 99.1                               Investor    Susie Ter-Jung
                                           Contact:
                                                       Bunge Limited
                                                       1-914-684-3398
                                                       Susie.Ter-Jung@bunge.com

                                           Media       Stewart Lindsay
                                           Contact:
                                                       Bunge Limited
                                                       1-914-684-3369
                                                       Stewart.Lindsay@bunge.com




                        Bunge Completes Tender Offer for
                        Minority Interest in Bunge Brasil

WHITE PLAINS, NY -- September 28, 2004 -- Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) yesterday
completed a tender offer for the outstanding ordinary and preferred shares of
Bunge Brasil S.A., the holding company for Bunge's Brazilian operations. As a
result of the tender offer, Bunge now owns 98.3 percent of Bunge Brasil, which
will be automatically delisted from the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA).

Minority shareholders tendered 123,831,636 shares -- or 90 percent of the
137,565,296 shares subject to the tender offer -- at a price of R$6.44
(US$ 2.24) per share. Payment for the shares, totaling approximately R$797
million (US$277 million) will be made on September 30, 2004.

Because it now owns more than 95 percent of the total capital of Bunge Brasil,
Bunge, in accordance with Brazilian law, has the right to conduct a squeeze-out
of the remaining minority shareholders of Bunge Brasil by purchasing, at the
tender offer price, all shares not tendered in the offer.

About Bunge

Bunge Limited (http://www.bunge.com) is an integrated, global agribusiness and
food company operating in the farm-to-consumer food chain. Founded in 1818 and
headquartered in White Plains, New York, Bunge has 24,000 employees and
locations in 30 countries. Bunge is the world's leading oilseed processing
company, the largest producer and supplier of fertilizers to farmers in South
America and the world's leading seller of bottled vegetable oils to consumers.

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