Indonesia's Mandiri eyes more than 22 pct '08 loan growth

JAKARTA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Indonesia's largest lender, PT Bank Mandiri Tbk BMRI.JK, said on Friday it expects more than 22 percent loan growth in 2008, stronger than an estimated 17.5 percent expansion last year.

The state bank said in a paper to analysts its total loans rose to 138.3 trillion rupiah ($14.95 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2007 from 117.7 trillion a year earlier. ($1 = 9,252 rupiah) (Reporting by Harry Suhartono, editing by Sugita Katyal)