TJ INTERNATIONAL INC
10-Q, 1999-05-18
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:  April 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.  May
11, 1999, 15,470,423 shares of $1 par value common stock,
excluding 2,717,131 shares held as treasury stock.

                                                EXHIBIT INDEX ON PAGE 16
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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. 
In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary to
present fairly the results for the periods presented have been
included therein.  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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<CAPTION>

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

                                           (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                       <C>         <C>           <C>
                                          April 3,    January 2,    April 4,
ASSETS                                      1999         1999         1998
  Current assets
      Cash and cash equivalents           $ 66,575     $ 140,060     $ 97,192
      Marketable securities                 -----          9,091        -----
      Receivables, less allowances of
        $376, $374 and $398                137,403        69,990      123,790
      Inventories                           73,607        78,827       72,882
      Other                                 13,947        14,441       12,988
                                        -----------    ----------    ---------
                                           291,532       312,409      306,852
  Property
      Property and equipment               657,882       642,690      609,848
      Less - Accumulated depreciation    (271,761)      (260,123)    (233,333)
                                        -----------    ----------    ---------
                                           386,121       382,567      376,515

  Goodwill                                  18,200        18,460       19,240
  Other assets                              18,846        17,503       17,244
                                        -----------    ----------   ---------
                                         $ 714,699     $ 730,939    $ 719,851
                                        ===========    ==========    =========

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  Current liabilities
      Accounts payable                    $ 28,648     $  19,639     $ 31,221
      Accrued liabilities                   51,987        50,927       43,808
                                        ----------     ----------    ---------
                                            80,635        70,566       75,029

  Long-term debt                           142,390       142,390      142,390
  Other long-term liabilities               31,937        31,919       19,770
  Reserve for discontinued  operations      13,388        13,687       14,448

  Minority interest in Partnership         212,298       239,572      222,344

  Stockholders' equity
   ESOP Convertible Preferred Stock,
    $1.00 par value, authorized 
    10,000,000 shares, issued 
    1,116,341, 1,124,848, and 1,140,319     13,170        13,271       13,454
   Guaranteed ESOP Benefit                  (7,273)       (7,288)     (8,188)
   Common stock, $1.00 par value, 
    authorized 200,000,000 shares, 
    issued 18,140,207, 18,069,077,
    and 17,893,134                          18,140        18,069       17,893
   Paid-in capital                         162,547       160,863      155,798
   Retained earnings                       116,612       110,411       91,995
   Other                                    (1,962)       (1,949)     (1,866)
   Accumulated other comprehensive
    Income (loss)                           (5,663)       (6,228)     (3,858)
   Treasury stock, 2,626,905, 
    2,321,605, and 888,782, shares,
    at cost                                (61,520)      (54,344)    (19,358)
                                        -----------    ----------   ---------
                                           234,051       232,805      245,870
                                        -----------    ----------   ---------
                                         $ 714,699     $ 730,939    $ 719,851
                                        ===========    ==========   =========
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                            TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                  (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                 (amounts in thousands
                                                 except per share figures)
<S>   <C>                                   <C>                 <C>
                                                       For the fiscal
                                                        quarter ended
                                               April 3,               April 4,
                                                 1999                   1998

Sales                                       $      217,042      $     185,829
                                            ---------------    --------------
Costs and expenses
      Cost of sales                                164,134            135,523
      Selling expenses                              19,660             19,575
      Administrative expenses                        9,654              9,610
                                            ---------------    --------------
                                                   193,448            164,708
                                            ---------------    --------------

Income from operations                              23,594             21,121

Investment income, net                               1,234              1,959

Interest expense                                    (2,219)            (2,316)

Minority interest in Partnership                   (11,120)            (9,847)
                                            ---------------    --------------

Income before income taxes                          11,489             10,917

Income taxes                                         4,194              4,094
                                            ---------------    --------------

Net income                                    $      7,295      $       6,823
                                            ===============     ==============

Net income per common share
     Basic                                    $       0.45      $        0.39
                                            ===============     ==============
     Diluted                                  $       0.42      $        0.36
                                            ===============     ==============

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

Weighted average number of common shares
   outstanding during the periods
     Basic                                          15,614             16,958
                                            ===============     ==============
     Diluted                                        17,022             18,556
                                            ===============     ==============
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                            TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                         FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED
                       APRIL 3, 1999, AND APRIL 4, 1998
                                  (Unaudited)
                            (amounts in thousands)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                      April 3,      April 4,
                                                        1999          1998
                                                    ------------   ----------
<S>   <C>                                           <C>           <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
- ------------------------------------
      Net income                                    $     7,295     $   6,823
      Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
            cash provided by operating activities:
            Depreciation and amortization                11,742        11,081
            Minority interest in partnerships            11,120         9,847
            Other, net                                    1,309         1,201
      Change in working capital items:
            Receivables                                 (67,413)      (68,421)
            Inventories                                   5,220        (3,928)
            Other current assets                            530        (2,065)
            Accounts payable and accrued liabilities      9,784          (326)
      Other, net                                         (1,325)       (1,062)
                                                     -----------   -----------
      Net cash used in operating activities         $   (21,738)   $  (46,850)
                                                     ===========   ===========

Cash flows from investing activities
- ------------------------------------
      Capital expenditures                          $   (14,530)   $   (6,904)
      Sales of marketable securities                      9,091         40,751
      Other, net                                           (273)         (801)
                                                     -----------   -----------
      Net cash provided by (used in) investing
      activities                                    $    (5,712)   $   33,046
                                                    ============   ===========

Cash flows from financing activities
- -------------------------------------
      Cash dividends paid on common stock           $      (866)   $     (938)
      Minority partners tax distributions                (3,771)       (4,179)
      Minority partners capital distributions           (34,300)         -----
      Purchase of treasury stock                         (7,176)       (3,099)
      Other, net                                             78           125
                                                    ------------   -----------
      Net cash used in financing activities         $   (46,035)   $   (8,091)
                                                    ============   ===========


Net change in cash and cash equivalents
- ---------------------------------------
      Net decrease in cash and cash
            equivalents                             $   (73,485)   $  (21,895)

      Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year    140,060       119,087
                                                     ------------  -----------

      Cash and cash equivalents at end of period    $    66,575    $   97,192
                                                    ============   ===========

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
- -------------------------------------------------
      Cash paid during the period for:
            Interest, net of amounts capitalized    $     1,256  $      2,659
            Income taxes                            $       607  $      2,597

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

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<CAPTION>

Inventories
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Inventories consisted of the following:
                                            (amounts in thousands)

        <S>                      <C>            <C>         <C>
                                 April  3,      Jan.  2,    April 4,
                                  1999             1999       1998    

        Finished goods           $55,758        $59,740     $54,523
        Raw materials and  
          work-in-progress        17,849         19,087      18,359
                                 --------       --------    --------
                                  73,607         78,827      72,882
        

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>
                                         For the fiscal
                                         quarter ended
                                      April  3,       April 4,
                                        1999            1998
                                      ---------       ----------
<S>                                   <C>             <C>
Basic net income
- ----------------

Net income as reported                 $ 7,295        $  6,823

Preferred stock dividends, net
   of related tax benefits               (257)            (253)
                                      ---------       ---------

Basic net income                       $ 7,038        $  6,570 
                                      =========       =========

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

Net income as reported                 $ 7,295        $  6,823

 Additional ESOP contribution
   payable upon assumed
   conversion of ESOP
   preferred stock, net of
   related tax benefits                  (188)            (166)
                                      --------        ---------
Diluted net income                     $ 7,107        $  6,657
                                      ========        =========

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Weighted average shares outstanding
  used to determine basic earnings
  per common share                      15,614          16,958

Conversion of ESOP preferred 
  stock                                  1,122           1,140

Exercise of stock options using
  the Treasury Stock Method                286             458

Weighted average shares used to
  determine diluted earnings per      --------        ---------
  common share                          17,022          18,556
                                      ========        =========
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Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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Comprehensive income for the periods include the following:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        For the fiscal
                                         quarter ended
                                      ---------------------
                                      April  3, April 4,
                                        1999      1998
                                      --------- ---------
<S>                                   <C>       <C>
Net Income                            $ 7,295   $ 6,823
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)         565       (53)
                                      --------  --------

Comprehensive Income                  $ 7,860   $ 6,770
                                      ========  ========

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

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          (amounts in thousands)

<S>                                 <C>         <C>         <C>
                                    April  3,   Jan.  2,    April 4, 
                                      1999        1999        1998    
                                    ---------   ---------   ----------

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

Changes within periods-
  cumulative translation adjustment     565       (2,423)        (53)
                                    --------    ---------   ---------

Balance at end of period-
  cumulative translation adjustment $(5,663)    $ (6,228)   $ (3,858)
                                    ========    =========   =========

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                            TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                     MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
                  FOR THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED APRIL 3, 1999


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:

                               Sales by Quarter
                               ----------------
                            (amounts in thousands)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Quarter           1999      1998      1997      1996      1995  
- -------           --------  --------- --------  --------  --------
<S>               <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
First             $217,042  $185,829  $161,263  $111,157  $109,941
Second                       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
                            --------  --------  --------  --------
                            $778,063  $706,316  $577,166  $484,845
                            ========  ========  ========  ========

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FIRST QUARTER 1999 COMPARED TO FIRST QUARTER 1998

We achieved first quarter record sales levels in 1999.  Sales for
the quarter grew to $217 million, a 17% increase from the $186
million reported in the first 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 quarter 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 residential 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.  We have additional capacity coming on line
from our newly constructed Evergreen, Alabama TJI-Registered
Trademark- joist and Microllam-Registered Trademark-LVL facility,
as well as adding additional shifts to our TJI-Registered
Trademark- joist facility at the East Kentucky
TimberStrand-Registered Trademark- LSL plant.  We believe these
capacity additions will be adequate to meet the increased demand
we are experiencing for our products.

Unit volume growth accounted for virtually all of the sales
increase for 1999.  Our average prices across our technologies
were down 1.8% in the first quarter of 1999 as compared to the
first quarter of 1998.  Volume gains were strong for all of our
technologies with TimberStrand-Registered Trademark- LSL showing
the strongest percentage gain followed closely by TJI-Registered
Trademark- joists, Microllam-Registered Trademark- LVL, and
Parallam-Registered Trademark- PSL.

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Gross margins for the quarter were 24.4% compared with 27% in
1997.  Several factors have impacted our margins, the first of
which is rising costs for veneer, which is a significant raw
material component in many of our products.  Prices for veneer on
the West Coast were at the highest levels for the first quarter
in the last 5 years.  Prices were also higher for Oriented Strand
Board (OSB).  We use a proprietary OSB as a purchased raw
material component for our TJI-Registered Trademark- joists.  We
have put in place price collars around a significant portion of
our planned OSB purchases to protect us from the price spikes we
experienced last year, however, the prices within the collar are
higher than we paid last year in the first quarter.  Offsetting
these cost increases were productivity improvements, increased
through put and reduced unit costs in our new technologies.  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 first quarter of
1998 compared to the first 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.

General and administrative expenses were also essentially flat
from 1998 to 1999 with spending of $9.6 million in both quarters. 
However, as a percentage of sales, general and administrative
expenses declined in 1999 to 4.6% compared to 5.1% for 1998.

Interest income has declined from the first 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.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Working capital at the end of the first quarter was $211 million
as compared to $232 million at the end of the first 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.  Accounts
receivable balances increased at the end of the first quarter for
both years as a result of the extended terms offered to customers
as part of our Strategic Inventory Program offered to customers. 
The program ended in March 1999 and the terms offered to our
customers will return to those offered prior to the incentive
program.

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, we 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.

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We are in the final planning stages for adding another
significant increase in our production capacity.  While we have
not made a final determination as to whether or when to proceed
with construction of a new manufacturing facility, the
preliminary evaluations indicate construction of another
TimberStrand-Registered Trademark- LSL facility.  In May 1999, we
were granted timber-harvesting rights by the Province of Ontario. 
We are in the process of determining if the timber included in
these rights is the type and quantity we need to furnish a
TimberStrand-Registered Trademark- LSL plant.  We believe that
current cash balances, cash generated from operations, and
borrowing under a $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 an acquisition.

In December 1998, the Board of Directors authorized a $25 million
share repurchase program.  At the end of the first quarter of
1999, approximately $7 million of 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.

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.

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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, interest 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 January
2, 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 policy.

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 herein.  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.

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.

<PAGE>
                            TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                    PART II
                               Other Information

                   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


<PAGE>
                            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:   May 8, 1999


<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 April 3, 1999

                          Commission File Number 0-7469

                            TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                                EXHIBIT INDEX


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

(27) Financial Data Schedule                           Document 2


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THIS DATA SCHEDULE CONTAINS FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM
THE TJ INTERNATIONAL, INC. BALANCE SHEET AT APRIL 3, 1999, AND
FROM ITS STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED APRIL 3,
1999.  THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY
REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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