TJ INTERNATIONAL INC
10-Q, 1999-08-17
MILLWOOD, VENEER, PLYWOOD, & STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBERS
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              SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                    Washington, D.C.  20549


                           Form 10-Q


          Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d)
            of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


For Quarter Ended July 3, 1999    Commission file number 0-7469



                    TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



DELAWARE                                    82-0250992
- ---------------------------------           --------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of             (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)              Identification No.)



200 E. Mallard Drive
BOISE, IDAHO                                83706
- ----------------------------------------    -------------
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)



Registrant's telephone number, including area code  (208) 364-3300
                                                   --------------


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12
months (or for each shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes  X  No


Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.  August
10, 1999, 15,460,349 shares of $1 par value common stock,
excluding 2,837,558 shares held as treasury stock.

                                       EXHIBIT INDEX ON PAGE 17
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                    TJ INTERNATIONAL,  INC.

                PART I.  Financial Information

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein
have been prepared by management, without audit, pursuant to the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  In the
opinion of management, all adjustments necessary to present fairly
the results for the periods presented have been included.  The
adjustments made were of a normal, recurring nature.  Certain
information and footnote disclosure normally included in financial
statements have been condensed or omitted in accordance with such
rules and regulations, although management believes that the
disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not
misleading.  It is recommended that these condensed financial
statements be read in conjunction with the audited financial
statements and the notes thereto included in our latest annual
report on Form 10-K.

The results of operations for the periods presented are not
necessarily indicative of the results that might be expected for
the fiscal year ending January 1, 2000.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                           TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (Unaudited)

                                         (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                <C>           <C>            <C>
                                   July 3,       January 2,     July 4,
                                   1999          1999           1998
ASSETS
Current assets
   Cash and cash equivalents       $ 103,321     $ 140,060      $ 139,980
   Marketable securities                 ---         9,091            ---
   Receivables, less allowances
      of $335, $374 and $394         112,967        69,990         88,495
   Inventories                        73,502        78,827         77,548
   Other                              14,874        14,441         14,468
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
                                     304,664       312,409        320,491
Property
   Property and equipment            675,626       642,690        616,603
   Less - Accumulated depreciation  (282,304)     (260,123)      (240,310)
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
                                     393,322       382,567        376,293

Goodwill                              17,940        18,460         18,980
Other assets                          18,799        17,503         17,620
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
                                   $ 734,725     $ 730,939      $ 733,384
                                   ==========    ==========     ==========

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities
   Accounts payable                $  28,576     $  19,639      $  33,926
   Accrued liabilities                61,419        50,927         46,290
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
                                      89,995        70,566         80,216

Long-term debt                       142,390       142,390        142,390
Other long-term liabilities           28,906        31,919         19,917
Reserve for discontinued operations   13,049        13,687         13,955

Minority interest in Partnership     220,622       239,572        228,268

Stockholders' equity
   ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock,
      $1.00 par value, authorized
      10,000,000 shares, issued
      1,105,121, 1,124,848, and
      1,136,219                       13,038        13,271         13,405
   Guaranteed ESOP Benefit            (7,273)       (7,288)        (8,188)
   Common stock, $1.00 par value,
      authorized 200,000,000
      shares, issued 18,280,082,
      18,069,077, and 17,947,065      18,280        18,069         17,947
   Paid-in capital                   165,753       160,863        157,570
   Retained earnings                 124,348       110,411         98,712
   Other                              (1,985)       (1,949)        (1,865)
   Accumulated other comprehensive
      income (loss)                   (5,180)       (6,228)        (5,148)
   Treasury stock, 2,837,558,
      2,321,605, and 1,034,355,
      shares, at cost                (67,218)      (54,344)       (23,795)
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
                                     239,763       232,805        248,638
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
                                   $ 734,725     $ 730,939      $ 733,384
                                   ==========    ==========     ==========
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                 (Unaudited)


                             (amounts in thousands except per share figures)
<S>                    <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>
                             For the fiscal              For the two fiscal
                             quarter ended                quarters ended
                       -------------------------     --------------------------
                       July 3,        July 4,        July 3,      July 4,
                       1999           1998           1999         1998
                       -------------------------     --------------------------
Sales                  $ 230,870      $ 193,361      $ 447,912    $ 379,190
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------
Costs and expenses
   Cost of sales         173,747        139,064        337,881      274,587
   Selling expenses       19,414         19,315         39,074       38,890
   Administrative expenses  9,171         9,403         18,825       19,013
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------
                         202,332        167,782        395,780      332,490
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------

Income from operations    28,538         25,579         52,132       46,700

Investment income, net     1,197          1,798          2,431        3,757

Interest expense          (2,322)        (2,223)        (4,541)      (4,539)

Minority interest in
  Partnership            (13,521)       (12,220)       (24,641)     (22,067)
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------

Income before income
  taxes                   13,892         12,934         25,381       23,851

Income taxes               5,070          4,850          9,264        8,944
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------

Net income             $   8,822      $   8,084      $  16,117    $  14,907
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========
Net income per
  common share
   Basic               $    0.55      $    0.46      $    1.00    $    0.85
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========
   Diluted             $    0.51      $    0.43      $    0.93    $    0.79
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========

Dividends declared per
  common share         $   0.055      $   0.055      $  0.1100    $  0.1100
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========

Weighted average number of
  common shares outstanding
  during the periods
   Basic                                                15,536       16,981
                                                     ==========   ==========
   Diluted                                              17,001       18,554
                                                     ==========   ==========

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                           TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                        FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED
                       JULY 3, 1999, AND JULY 4, 1998
                                 (Unaudited)
                           (amounts in thousands)


                                               July 3,          July 4,
                                               1999             1998
                                               -----------      -----------
<S>                                            <C>              <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
- ------------------------------------
  Net income                                   $  16,117        $  14,907
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
  cash provided by operating activities:
      Depreciation and amortization               23,168           22,214
      Minority interest in partnerships           24,641           22,067
      Other, net                                   2,509            2,040
  Change in working capital items:
      Receivables                                (42,977)         (33,126)
      Inventories                                  5,325           (8,594)
      Other current assets                          (359)          (3,545)
      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities    19,429            4,022
  Other, net                                      (3,939)          (3,678)
                                               -----------      -----------
  Net cash provided by operating activities    $  43,914        $  16,307
                                               ===========      ===========

Cash flows from investing activities
- ------------------------------------
  Capital expenditures                         $ (32,384)       $ (18,006)
  Sales of marketable securities                   9,091           40,751
  Other, net                                        (587)            (966)
                                               -----------      -----------
  Net cash provided by (used in) investing
  activities                                   $ (23,880)       $  21,779
                                               ===========      ===========

Cash flows from financing activities
- -------------------------------------
  Cash dividends paid on common stock          $  (1,719)       $  (1,873)
  Minority partners tax distributions             (8,107)          (8,020)
  Minority partners capital distributions        (34,300)             ---
  Purchase of treasury stock                     (12,874)          (7,536)
  Other, net                                         227              236
                                               -----------      -----------
  Net cash used in financing activities        $ (56,773)       $ (17,193)
                                               ===========      ===========

Net change in cash and cash equivalents
- ---------------------------------------
  Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash     $ (36,739)       $  20,893
  equivalents
  Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
  of year                                        140,060          119,087
                                               -----------      -----------
  Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $ 103,321        $ 139,980
                                               ===========      ===========

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
- -------------------------------------------------
  Cash paid during the period for:
      Interest, net of amounts capitalized     $   5,136        $   5,198
      Income taxes                             $   7,788        $   6,597

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<CAPTION>

                           TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
            NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                 (Unaudited)

Inventories
- -----------

Inventories consisted of the following:

                                         (amounts in thousands)
      <S>                          <C>           <C>            <C>
                                   July 3,       Jan. 2,        July 4,
                                   1999          1999           1998
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------

      Finished goods               $  60,904     $  59,740      $  57,769
      Raw materials and
        work-in-progress              12,598        19,087         19,779
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
                                   $  73,502     $  78,827      $  77,548
                                   ==========    ==========     ==========

Inventories are priced at the lower of cost or market, with cost determined on
a first-in, first-out basis and market based on the lower of replacement cost or
estimated realizable value.

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Net Income Per Common Share:
- ----------------------------

Basic net income per common share is based on net income adjusted
for preferred stock dividends and related tax benefits divided by
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.  Diluted
net income per common share assumes conversion of the Employee
Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) convertible preferred stock (ESOP
preferred stock) into common stock at the beginning of the year and
weighted average number of common shares outstanding after giving
effect to stock options under the treasury stock method.

Basic net income and diluted net income were calculated as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                         (amounts in thousands)
<S>                    <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>
                             For the fiscal              For the two fiscal
                             quarter ended                quarters ended
                       -------------------------     --------------------------
                       July 3,        July 4,        July 3,      July 4,
                       1999           1998           1999         1998
                       -------------------------     --------------------------

Basic net income
- ----------------

Net income as reported $   8,822      $   8,084      $  16,117    $  14,907

Preferred stock dividends,
   net of related tax
   benefits                 (254)          (250)          (511)        (503)
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------

Basic net income       $   8,568      $   7,834      $  15,606    $  14,404
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========

Diluted net income
- ------------------

Net income as reported $   8,822      $   8,084      $  16,117    $  14,907

Additional ESOP
  contribution payable upon
  assumed conversion of ESOP
  preferred stock, net of
  related tax benefits      (185)          (165)          (373)        (331)
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------

Diluted net income     $   8,637      $   7,919      $  15,744    $  14,576
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========

Weighted average shares
  used to determine basic
  earnings per common
  share                   15,536         16,981         15,536       16,981

Conversion of ESOP
  preferred stock          1,117          1,142          1,117        1,142

Exercise of stock options
  using the Treasury
  Stock Method               348            431           348           431
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------

Weighted average shares
  used to determine
  diluted earnings per
  common share            17,001         18,554         17,001       18,554
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========

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Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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Comprehensive income for the periods include the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                         (amounts in thousands)
<S>                    <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>
                             For the fiscal              For the two fiscal
                             quarter ended                quarters ended
                       ------------------------------------------------------
                       July 3,        July 4,        July 3,      July 4,
                       1999           1998           1999         1998
                       ------------------------------------------------------

Net Income             $   8,822      $   8,084      $  16,117    $  14,907
Other Comprehensive
  Income (Loss)              483         (1,290)         1,048       (1,343)
                       ----------     ----------     ----------   ----------

Comprehensive Income   $   9,305      $   6,794      $  17,165    $  13,564
                       ==========     ==========     ==========   ==========
</TABLE>


Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for each period ended
was as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         (amounts in thousands)
<S>                                <C>           <C>            <C>
                                   July 3,       January 2,     July 4,
                                   1999          1999           1998
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------

Balances at beginning of period-
  cumulative translation adjustment$  (6,228)    $  (3,805)     $  (3,805)

Changes within periods-
  cumulative translation adjustment    1,048        (2,423)        (1,343)
                                   ----------    ----------     ----------
Balance at end of period-
  cumulative translation adjustment$  (5,180)    $  (6,228)     $  (5,148)
                                   ==========    ==========     ==========
</TABLE>
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                           TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
                 FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED JULY  3, 1999


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This management's discussion and analysis includes a number of
"forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities
Litigation Act of 1995.  Forward-looking statements include,
without limitation, statements regarding the adequacy of our
reserves for discontinued operations and other statements regarding
our beliefs.  Investors are cautioned that forward-looking
statements are subject to an inherent risk that actual results may
vary materially from those described, projected, or implied.
Factors that may result in such variance include, among others:
changes in interest rates, commodity prices, and other economic
conditions; actions by competitors; changing weather conditions and
other natural phenomena; actions by government authorities;
technological developments; future decisions by management in
response to changing conditions; and misjudgments in the course of
preparing forward-looking statements. Other factors are discussed
in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

OPERATING RESULTS

We are the 51 percent owner, and managing partner of Trus Joist
MacMillan, a Limited Partnership (TJM), the world's leading
manufacturer and marketer of engineered lumber products.
Substantially all of our operating assets are held and revenue
generated by TJM.  MacMillan Bloedel Limited (MB) owns a 49 percent
interest in TJM.

The following comments discuss material variations in the results
of operations for the comparative periods presented in the
condensed consolidated statements of income.

Sales
- -----

Our sales by quarter during the current year and for the preceding
four years are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                              Sales by Quarter
                           ----------------------
                           (amounts in thousands)
<S>               <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>
Quarter           1999       1998        1997        1996       1995
                  --------   --------    --------    --------   --------

First             $217,042   $185,829    $161,263    $111,157   $109,941
Second             230,870    193,361     185,730     155,050    123,882
Third                         222,423     185,576     179,571    137,759
Fourth                        176,450     173,747     131,388    113,263
                  --------   --------    --------    --------   --------
                  $447,912   $778,063    $706,316    $577,166   $484,845
                  ========   ========    ========    ========   ========
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SECOND QUARTER 1999 COMPARED TO SECOND QUARTER 1998

We achieved record sales levels in the second quarter of 1999.
Sales for the quarter grew to $231 million, a 19% increase from the
$193 million reported in the second quarter of 1998.  The increase
in sales resulted from growing acceptance of engineered lumber in
construction due to the higher quality and better value that
engineered lumber products provide over competing solid sawn lumber
products.

We had a very good market environment in the first half of 1999,
strong North American housing starts as well as increasing lumber
prices.  Our past experience has been that as lumber prices
increase, builders accelerate their switch to engineered lumber.
Demand for our products during the first quarter was so strong that
we instituted a managed demand system for our customers.  This
system is designed primarily to keep any particular customer or
group of customers from placing orders in excess of existing
capacity and extending lead times to unreasonable levels.  During
the second quarter we had additional capacity available from our
newly constructed Evergreen, Alabama TJI-Registered Trademark-
joist and Microllam-Registered Trademark- LVL facility, as well as
additional shifts at our TJI-Registered Trademark- joist facility
at the East Kentucky TimberStrand-Registered Trademark- LSL plant.
These capacity additions were a significant step toward meeting the
increased demand we experienced for our products.  By the end of
the second quarter most of our products were no longer under the
managed demand system.

Virtually all of our growth in 1999 has been from increased
volumes.  On a price/mix basis, year-to-date, results were
essentially flat.  Earlier in the year we raised prices on most of
our products, and we began to see the benefit of these increased
prices in the second quarter.  Offsetting some of the price
increase is a shift in our product mix toward lower-priced
products.  These products would include our TimberStrand-Registered
Trademark- flanged I-joists and TimberStrand-Registered Trademark-
headers, which have both lower prices and lower performance than
our traditional Microllam-Registered Trademark- LVL, I-joist and
header products.  These products are designed to fill less
demanding applications where strength or span requirements are not
as great.  These products give us a broader range of price and
performance options to meet the various applications in a house or
commercial building design.

Gross margins for the second quarter were 24.7% compared with 28.1%
in the second quarter of 1998.   The margin decline in the second
quarter was primarily the result of significant increases in the
commodity price we pay for some of our raw materials.  Prices
during the second quarter for veneer, which is a significant raw
material component for Microllam-Registered Trademark- LVL and our
TJI-Registered Trademark- joists, were at the highest levels in the
last 5 years.   Prices were also at historic highs for Oriented
Strand Board (OSB).  We use a proprietary OSB as a purchased raw
material component for our TJI-Registered Trademark- joists.  We
negotiated price collars around a significant portion of our
planned OSB purchases to protect us from the price fluctuations,
however, the prices within the collars are higher than we paid last
year in the second quarter.  Offsetting these cost increases were
productivity improvements and increased throughput at several of
our manufacturing facilities.  In addition, an increasing amount of
our product line's cost structure is tied to logs, which do not
experience the same price volatility as commodity veneer and OSB.

Selling expenses were essentially flat from the second quarter of
1998 compared to the second quarter of 1999, which resulted in a
reduction of selling expenses as a percent of sales.  We continue
to execute our strategy of providing value-added services to the
market.  In addition, our selling expenses include the costs to
develop our international markets.

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General and administrative expenses in the second quarter were down
from the prior year.   However, as a percentage of sales, general
and administrative expenses declined in the second quarter of 1999
to 4.0% compared to 4.9% for 1998.  Control of spending has helped
mitigate the gross margin declines and operating margins in this
quarter were 12.4% compared to 13.2% in the second quarter of 1998.

Interest income has declined from the second quarter of last year
due to lower invested cash balances and a shift to lower yielding
tax-exempt investments from taxable investments.   The effective
tax rate is 36.5% for 1999 as compared to 37.5% in 1998.  The
tax-exempt interest income as well as other initiatives we are
implementing are driving this rate reduction.

Minority interest expense increased $1.3 million from 1998 due to
an increase in earnings of the Trus Joist MacMillan (TJM)
Partnership.

FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF 1999 COMPARED WITH THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS OF
1998

Sales for the first half of 1999 increased by $68.7 million or 18%
from the comparable period last year. Unit volume sales growth
accounted for virtually all of the increase due to increased
acceptance of the Company's engineered lumber products.

Gross margins decreased from 27.6% to 24.6% between the two
periods.  Record high levels for commodity raw materials were the
dominant driver of the margin decline.   Offsetting this margin
pressure somewhat were productivity and throughput improvements at
several of our manufacturing facilities.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were essentially flat
with the prior year, even in light of an 18% increase in sales.
Our cost control efforts have resulted in the level spending
despite our continuing commitment to value added marketing strategy
and investments in international markets, as well as infrastructure
system improvements.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Working capital at the end of the second quarter was $215 million
as compared to $240 million at the end of the second quarter of
1998.  The reduction in working capital was primarily due to the
use of cash for the stock repurchase program and the cash
distribution to MacMillan Bloedel of America in the first quarter
of 1999.

In December 1998, the Board of Directors approved a cash
distribution from Trus Joist MacMillan, a limited partnership, to
its partners, MacMillan Bloedel of America and TJ International,
Inc.  The distribution of $34.3 million was made in January 1999 to
MacMillan Bloedel of America and has been recorded as a reduction
of Minority Interest in Partnership.

In 1997, TJM began construction of a Microllam-Registered
Trademark- LVL and TJI-Registered Trademark- joist plant located in
Evergreen, Alabama and completed the facility in 1998.  Production
began late in the fourth quarter of 1998.  This new facility will
produce traditional Microllam-Registered Trademark- LVL and TJI-
Registered Trademark- joist products.  The plant construction
required a capital investment of approximately $45 million.

In April 1999, the Ontario Provincial Government selected Trus
Joist MacMillan to use the Aspen resource in the Kenora, Ontario
area for a state-of-the-art engineered lumber manufacturing
facility.   Our plan is to build a TimberStrand-Registered
Trademark- LSL plant in this area.  We're currently in the planning
phase, developing and refining a business plan for the facility,
evaluating the quality and quantity of wood fiber available and
completing preliminary engineering work and site selection.  We
plan to go to our Board of Directors in the fourth quarter of this
year with a proposal for this capital expenditure and expect to
proceed with construction some time next year.

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We believe that current cash balances, cash generated from
operations, and borrowing under our $150 million Revolving Credit
Facility will be sufficient to meet our on-going operating and
capital expansion needs.  We also believe additional or expanded
lines of credit or appropriate long-term capital can be obtained to
fund other major capital requirements as they arise or to fund any
acquisition that is available.

In December 1998, the Board of Directors authorized a $25 million
share repurchase program.  At the end of the second quarter of
1999, approximately $13 million of the Company's capital stock has
been repurchased under this program and was held as Treasury
shares.

In the first quarter of 1998, the Board of Directors authorized us
to purchase $3.1 million of treasury stock.  In addition, at the
Board of Directors meeting held on May 27, 1998, the Board
authorized us to purchase $35 million of treasury stock.  We
purchased $4.4 million in the second quarter of 1998 and $30.6
million in the third quarter 1998 completing this stock purchase
program.

In the third quarter of 1998, we issued $6.7 million of tax-exempt
industrial revenue variable rate demand bonds related to the East
Kentucky plant.  In 1998, the weighted average interest rate on
these bonds was 3.82%.  These bonds are unsecured, with the
principal due in a single maturity in 2028.  We used the proceeds
from these bonds to prepay, without penalty, $6.7 million of the
taxable industrial revenue bonds described below.

In the fourth quarter of 1998, we extended for five years the due
date of our $10 million tax-exempt industrial revenue variable rate
demand bonds, which otherwise would have matured in the year 2000.
These bonds had a weighted average interest rate of 3.82% in 1998.

We completed the sale of our window operations in 1996; however, we
retained certain liabilities related to these operations.  We
believe that existing reserves are adequate to meet all liabilities
that may arise related to the discontinued operations.

Substantially all of the operating assets are held, and revenue
generated, by Trus Joist MacMillan a Limited Partnership.  The
Partnership regularly distributes cash to the partners to fund the
tax liabilities generated by the Partnership at the corporate
level.  All other distributions of cash by the Partnership are
dependent on the affirmative votes of the representatives of the
minority partner.  Accordingly, there can be no assurance that such
distributions will be approved and thereby be available for the
payment of dividends or to fund other cash expenses.

WEYERHAEUSER ACQUISITION OF MACMILLAN BLOEDEL

On June 21, 1999, Weyerhaeuser Company announced it had entered
into an agreement to acquire MacMillan Bloedel, Ltd.  Under the
terms of the 1991 Partnership Agreement between TJ International
and MacMillan Bloedel, TJ International has certain rights upon a
change of control of the MacMillan Bloedel entity that is TJ
International's partner.  We believe that consummation of the
pending transaction between Weyerhaeuser and MacMillan Bloedel
triggers these rights.  If these rights are triggered, TJ
International would have the right to purchase MacMillan Bloedel's
49% minority interest without a takeover premium, or the right to
sell TJ International's 51% interest to Weyerhaeuser as the
acquirer of MacMillan Bloedel with a takeover premium.  TJ
International also could allow Weyerhaeuser to assume MacMillan
Bloedel's rights and obligations under the Partnership contract. We
are evaluating our options under the Partnership contract, and
otherwise, in order to determine the most advantageous option for
our shareholders, Associates, customers and suppliers.

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INDUSTRY, COMPETITION, AND CYCLICALITY

Our engineered lumber products continue to gain market acceptance
as high-quality alternatives to traditional solid sawn lumber
products.  Through intensive marketing efforts, builders and other
wood users are increasingly recognizing the consistent quality,
superior strength, lighter weight, and ease of installation of
engineered lumber products. We believe that this trend will
continue well into the future.

No other company possesses the range of engineered lumber products,
the levels of service and technical support, or the
second-generation technologies of TimberStrand-Registered
Trademark- LSL or Parallam-Registered Trademark- PSL.  There are,
however, a number of companies, including several large forest
products companies, which now produce look-alike wood I-joist and
laminated veneer lumber products.  Several of these companies have
announced capacity expansions.  These look-alike products are
manufactured using processes similar to our oldest-generation
technologies.

We believe our network of manufacturing plants and multiple
technologies position us as the low-cost producer of engineered
lumber.  While competition helps expand the market for engineered
wood products, including those manufactured by us, it may also make
the existing markets more price competitive.  Traditional
wide-dimension lumber, however, remains the predominant structural
framing material used in residential construction and is the
primary competitor for our products.  Commodity lumber prices
historically have been subject to high volatility, and during
prolonged periods of significant lumber price movements, our prices
have trended in the same direction.

Our operations are strongly influenced by the cyclicality and
seasonality of residential housing construction.  This industry
experiences fluctuations resulting from a number of factors,
including the state of the economy, consumer confidence, credit
availability, interests rates, and weather patterns.  Consistent
with the seasonal pattern of the construction industry as a whole,
our sales have historically tended to be lowest in the first and
fourth quarters and highest in the second and third quarters of
each year.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.  The Statement
establishes accounting and reporting standards requiring that every
derivative instrument (including certain derivative instruments
embedded in other contracts) be recorded in the balance sheet as
either an asset or liability measured at its fair value.  The
Statement requires that changes in the derivative's fair value be
recognized currently in earnings unless specific hedge accounting
criteria are met.  As of July 3, 1999, we had no material
derivative financial instruments outstanding.  We plan to adopt
this statement in the first quarter of 2000.

YEAR 2000 ISSUE

We are working to resolve the effects of the Year 2000 problem on
our information systems, including the financial and transaction
systems, production and process control systems, and compliance
status of suppliers' systems.  The Year 2000 problem, which is
common to most businesses, concerns the inability of such systems
to properly recognize the process dates and date-sensitive
information on and beyond January 1, 2000.

In 1997, we formally began a series of assessments, company-wide
tracking, and awareness programs.  These programs ensured
company-wide awareness of the Year 2000 issues, standardized the
inventory and assessment methods, and tracked the results of the
assessments.

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We have successfully educated key personnel on the issues,
completed our inventory and assessments of the Year 2000 risks for
financial and transaction systems and production and process
control systems.  A number of applications in the financial and
transaction processing systems are compliant due to recent
implementations and upgrades.  We have been configuring and
installing Year 2000 compliant systems as part of our program to
provide significantly improved functionality in our business
support software.  This program is intended to provide the
infrastructure for future growth.  Our core financial and reporting
systems are not yet fully compliant but are scheduled to be
complete by late fall 1999.  To date, no significant issues have
been identified in connection with our assessment of our primary
production and process control systems.  We expect to complete
replacement of the identified non-compliant equipment or software
by the third quarter of 1999.

We are also in the process of surveying vendors, principal
customers and business partners regarding their Year 2000
compliance.  Contingency plans have been identified or are
currently being developed in the event either our systems or key
third-party systems are not compliant.

While we currently believe that we will be able to modify or
replace our affected systems in time to reduce any detrimental
effects on our operations, failure to do so, or the failure of our
major customers and suppliers to modify or replace their affected
systems, could have a material adverse impact on our results of
operations, liquidity, or consolidated financial position in the
future.  The most reasonably likely, worst-case scenario of our
failure or our customers or suppliers, to resolve the Year 2000
problem would be a temporary slowdown or cessation of manufacturing
operations at one or more of our facilities and a temporary
inability on our part to process orders and billings on a timely
basis and to timely deliver finished products to customers.  We are
currently identifying and considering various contingency
operations, including identification of alternate suppliers,
vendors and service providers, and manual alternatives to systems
operations, which will allow us to minimize the risk of any
unresolved Year 2000 problems in our operations and to minimize the
effect of any unforeseen Year 2000 failures.

We currently estimate the cost to complete compliance should not
exceed $3,000,000. These costs will be expensed as incurred, unless
new software, equipment, or hardware is purchased that should be
capitalized in accordance with GAAP.

Microllam-Registered Trademark-, Parallam-Registered Trademark-,
TJI-Registered Trademark- joist, and TimberStrand-Registered
Trademark- are registered trademarks of Trus Joist MacMillan a
Limited Partnership, Boise, Idaho.

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                           TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                   PART II
                              Other Information

Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
            ----------------------------------------------------

            At the Company's May 26, 1999 annual meeting of
            stockholders, the following matters were voted upon and
            approved by the stockholders as indicated:

                                                 Votes Cast
                                   ------------------------------------
                                                 Against or
Description                           For         Withheld      Abstentions
- -------------------                ---------     ----------     -----------

1. To elect as director
   the following individual

   For terms expiring at the
   -------------------------
   2002 annual meeting
   -------------------

   Richard L. King                 12,285,660     36,129             ---

2. Ratification of Appointment
   of Arthur Andersen LLP as
   Independent Accountants for
   the Company                     12,204,347     74,054           43,388


Item 6.     Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
            ---------------------------------

            (a)   Filed as an exhibit to this report is the following:

                  (27) Financial Data Schedule

            (b)  No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the
                 quarter.

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                            TJ INTERNATIONAL INC.
                                  SIGNATURE


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.

                                   TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                   /s/ Valerie A. Heusinkveld
                                   -----------------------------------
                                   Valerie A. Heusinkveld
                                   Vice President, Finance & Chief
                                      Financial Officer


Date:   August 16, 1999
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<PAGE>

                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

                            EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-Q



                 Quarterly Report Under section 13 or 15 (d)

                   of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                  For the fiscal quarter ended July 3, 1999
                        Commission File Number 0-7469

                           TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibits                                                        Page
- --------                                                        -----

(27)  Financial Data Schedule                                   Document 2

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