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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.11


                 SIXTH AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT


                  SIXTH AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
"Amendment"), dated as of July 20, 2004, among DHM HOLDING COMPANY, INC., a
Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), DOLE HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("Intermediate Holdco"), DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "U.S. Borrower"), SOLVEST LTD., a corporation organized under
the laws of Bermuda (the "Bermuda Borrower" and, together with the U.S.
Borrower, the "Borrowers"), the Lenders from time to time party to the Credit
Agreement, and DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"). All capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings provided such terms
in the Credit Agreement.


                              W I T N E S S E T H:

                  WHEREAS, Holdings, Intermediate Holdco, the Borrowers, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the other Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers
are parties to a Credit Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2003 (as amended,
modified and/or supplemented from time to time to, but not including, the date
hereof, the "Credit Agreement");

                  WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement Parties have requested certain
amendments to the Credit Agreement, and a consent to certain provisions of the
Credit Documents, in each case as more fully described below; and

                  WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Amendment, the parties hereto wish to amend the Credit Agreement, and the
Lenders wish to grant a consent to the provisions of certain Credit Documents,
in each case as herein provided;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:


I.       Amendments and Consent to Credit Agreement.

                  1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
Credit Agreement or in any other Credit Documents, the Lenders hereby (i)
consent to the release of the security interests in (x) that certain parcel of
Real Property owned by Standard Fruit Company de Costa Rica, S.A. identified as
"Property Number 4-18628-000" and located in Horquetas, Sarapiqui, Heredia,
Costa Rica, which security interests were granted in favor of Banco Cuscatlan,
as trustee for the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors, by means of
a guaranty trust formed pursuant to a public deed executed on June 3rd, 2003 and
(y) certain other immaterial parcels of Real Property located in Costa Rica
designated by Holdings to the Collateral Agent and otherwise acceptable to the
Collateral Agent, and (ii) authorize the Collateral Agent to execute such
documents, agreements and/or instruments and take such other actions as may be
necessary to effectuate each such release.

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                  2. Section 8.11(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by inserting the following sentence at the end of said Section:

         "Notwithstanding any "after-acquired property" covenant contained in
         any Foreign Security Document requiring the grant of a mortgage in
         "after-acquired" Real Property of any Foreign Credit Party in favor of
         the Collateral Agent, no Foreign Credit Party shall be required to
         grant to the Collateral Agent an Additional Mortgage in any Real
         Property of such Foreign Credit Party acquired after the Initial
         Borrowing Date as otherwise required by the respective Foreign Security
         Document unless and until the grant of such Additional Mortgage would
         otherwise be required pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.11(a)."

                  3. Section 8.11 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further
amended by inserting the following new clause (k) immediately following clause
(j) of said Section:

                  "(k) Notwithstanding any "after-acquired property" covenant
         contained in any Foreign Security Document requiring the grant of
         security interests in Property of any Foreign Credit Party in favor of
         the Collateral Agent (but subject to Sections 8.11(a) and (e)), no
         Foreign Credit Party shall be required to grant the Collateral Agent
         security interests in Property of such Foreign Credit Party acquired
         after the Initial Borrowing Date which does not constitute Real
         Property (all such Property, "After-Acquired Foreign Personal
         Property") and which is not covered already expressly by the respective
         Foreign Security Document as otherwise required by such Foreign
         Security Document if the gross book value of all After-Acquired Foreign
         Personal Property of such Foreign Credit Party (determined as of the
         last day of the calendar month then last ended) excluded from the
         pledge requirements pursuant to this clause (k) is less than
         $10,000,000, unless (and until) the aggregate gross book value of all
         After-Acquired Foreign Personal Property of all Foreign Credit Parties
         excluded from the pledge requirements pursuant to this clause (k)
         (determined as of the last day of the calendar month then last ended)
         exceeds $20,000,000, at which time the Foreign Credit Parties shall
         take all actions required to be taken pursuant to the respective
         Foreign Security Documents to grant the Collateral Agent a security
         interest in such theretofore excluded After-Acquired Foreign Personal
         Property as is required to cause the aggregate gross book value
         (determined as described above) of all After-Acquired Foreign Personal
         Property of all Foreign Credit Parties not then subject to a security
         interest in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the relevant
         Foreign Security Documents not to exceed $5,000,000.".

                  4. Section 11 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the following new definition in appropriate alphabetical order:

                  "After-Acquired Foreign Personal Property" shall have the
         meaning provided in Section 8.11(k).


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II.      Miscellaneous Provisions.

                  1. In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this
Amendment, each Credit Agreement Party hereby represents and warrants that:

                  (a) no Default or Event of Default exists as of the Sixth
         Amendment Effective Date, immediately after giving effect thereto; and

                  (b) all of the representations and warranties contained in the
         Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in
         all material respects on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date immediately
         after giving effect thereto, with the same effect as though such
         representations and warranties had been made on and as of the Sixth
         Amendment Effective Date immediately after giving effect thereto (it
         being understood that any representation or warranty made as of a
         specific date shall be true and correct in all material respects as of
         such specific date).

                  2. This Amendment is limited as specified and shall not
constitute a modification, acceptance or waiver of any other provision of the
Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.

                  3. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original, but all
of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. A complete set
of counterparts shall be lodged with Holdings and the Administrative Agent.

                  4. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  5. This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the
"Sixth Amendment Effective Date") when each Credit Agreement Party and Lenders
constituting the Required Lenders shall have signed a counterpart hereof
(whether the same or different counter parts) and shall have delivered
(including by way of facsimile transmission) the same to White & Case LLP, 1155
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 Attention: May Yip (facsimile number
212-354-8113).

                  6. From and after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, all
references in the Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents to the
Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as
modified hereby on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date.

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly
authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first
above written.


                                        DHM HOLDING COMPANY, INC.


                                        By:
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                                            Name:
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                                        DOLE HOLDING COMPANY, LLC


                                        By:
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                                        DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.


                                        By:
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                                            Name:
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                                        SOLVEST, LTD.


                                        By:
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