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                                    FORM 6-K
                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                    PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                             dated November 7, 2005


                        Commission File Number 001-11005


                              ARACRUZ CELULOSE S.A.
                    (Exact Name as Specified in its Charter)

                             ARACRUZ CELLULOSE S.A.
                       (Translation of Registrant's Name)

                   Rua Lauro Muller, 116--40th floor, Botafogo
                     Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22299-900, Brazil 
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)


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

         Form 20-F    X    Form 40-F_____

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ______

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting  the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ______

         Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained
in this Form, the registrant 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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         If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not applicable.

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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.


Date:    November 7, 2005

                                     ARACRUZ CELULOSE S.A.



                                     By: /s/ Carlos Augusto Lira Aguiar
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                                        Name:   Carlos Augusto Lira Aguiar
                                        Title:  Chief Executive Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit        Description of Exhibit
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99.1.          Summary of the minutes of an Ordinary Meeting of the Board of
               Directors, October 20, 2005

99.2           Quarterly Financial Information (ITR) as of September 30, 2005
               and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

99.3           Press release, November 4, 2005