UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant
To Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

February 14, 2018
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

       TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its charter)


        Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

        001-01361
(Commission File Number)

        22-1318955
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 7401 South Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Illinois  60629
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

        773-838-3400
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

        Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 2.02.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

    On February 14, 2018, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. issued a press release
(the "release") announcing its results of operations and financial condition
for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2017. A copy of the release is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.







    The information in the release and in this Item 2.02 is "furnished" and
not "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such
information may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Securities Act of 1933 only if and
to the extent such subsequent filing specifically references such information.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

Exhibit 99.1     Press Release of Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., dated
                 February 14, 2018.



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
under-signed thereunto duly authorized.


February 14, 2018                TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES, INC.

                            By:  /S/G. HOWARD EMBER, JR.
                                 G. Howard Ember, Jr.
                                 Vice President Finance and
                                 Chief Financial Officer



EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.               Description

99.1    Press Release of Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc., dated February 14, 2018.