1.   Cincinnati-based Chiquita Brands International Inc. argued that the quotas are hurting its Latin American business by curbing banana shipments to Europe.

2.   The quota would hurt the Ukrainians who needed the business but it would not affect him, Levy said.

3.   U.S.-based banana companies, including Chiquita Brands International Inc., argued the quotas hurt their business by reducing banana shipments from Latin America to Europe.

4.   U.S. banana companies have argued the quotas hurt business by reducing shipments from Latin America to Europe.

5.   But the administration of President Clinton launched an inquiry last month into allegations by U.S. banana companies that the European banana quotas were hurting them.