sentences:  The decree stated that 45¢ of each tax dollar would go to the government and the other 55¢ to subsidize independent banana growers.United Brands' local subsidiary, the Costa Rican Banana Co., then filed a $3 million suit against the government in April 1975, stating that the export levy violated a government guarantee not to tax the company until its contract with the government expired in 1988.Since its formation, the Union of Banana Exporting Countries has been largely limited to charging a modest tax on corporate banana exports.