There are no typhoon but rainfall is frequent. The plains of Cotabato also lie between long mountain breezes which are sources of cool breezes. The favorable climate of North Cotabato is responsible for its favorable productivity. Coconut, rice sugar, abaca, pineapple, cotton, coffee, tobacco and ramie are among the products of the North Cotabato province. Likewise, livestock, hog and poultry raising, fishing and logging are industries.
Copper is a primary mineral resource.
While timber and grazing lands are leading forest resources. Old Cotabato was one of the richest provinces in the country. The potentials of the province, however, have not been fully developed because of the magnitude of the task of administereing such a large area and because of troubles that have long plagued North Cotabato. The division of the old province Cotabato into three is expected to result in more effective administration and hasten the development for all the three provinces. The area was one of the principal theaters of the recent conflict in Mindanao.