The Philippines ' exports earnings from mineral products from January to November 2007 rose by 17.19 percent to $2.26 billion from only $1.92 billion during the same period in 2006, figures of the the National Statistics Office show.

NSO data indicate that cumulative revenues rose during last year's first 11 months last year for copper concentrates (65.10 percent), gold (75.63 percent), iron ore agglomerates (10.81 percent), chromium ore (74.02 percent) and other mineral products except nickel (53.08 percent).

For the same period, the mining sector posted nine-digit earnings from copper concentrates ($121.76 million), iron ore agglomerates, (157.20 million) and other mineral products (826.27 million).

Other mineral export gainers were gold ($79.10 million) and chromium ore ($7.29 million).

The country's export earnings from copper metal, however, dropped 4.98 percent to $1.06 billion from $1.12 billion in 2006.

NSO did not provide data on nickel exports.

It noted that January to November 2007 revenues from mineral products accounted for about 4.9 percent of the country's total $45.80 billion export earnings for the period. The revenues are 4.76 percent higher than the country's $43.72 billion export earnings a year earlier.

For November 2007 alone, earnings from gold exports surged 188.05 percent to $48 million from $16.66 million during the same month in 2006.*

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