(Click on for main story) TOKYO, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Japanese manufacturers" confidence fell to a five-month low in September, the Reuters Tankan poll found, as export-reliant firms such as carmakers suffered from a global chip shortage. The Reuters Tankan index readings are derived by subtracting the percentage of respondents who say conditions are poor from those who say they are good. A negative reading means that pessimists outnumber optimists. Following is a table of indexes for key sectors and a comparison with the Bank of Japan"s quarterly tankan survey: 2021 DEC (f"cast) SEP AUG JUL JUN MAY APR =============================================================== MANUFACTURERS (+19) +18 +33 +25 +22 +21 +13 --------------------------------------------------------------- (Materials) (+18) +18 +34 +18 +13 +14 +4 - Textiles/paper (-9) -27 0 -17 -25 -25 -17 - Chemicals (+22) +44 +72 +44 +53 +53 +32 - Oil refinery/ceramics (+44) +22 +33 +22 +13 +17 +14 - Steel/nonferrous metals (+16) +16 0 +9 -25 -9 -30 (Manufactured products) (+21) +19 +31 +29 +27 +24 +18 - Food (+8) +7 0 +9 0 0 0 - Metal products/machinery (+32) +39 +53 +43 +45 +34 +15 - Electric machinery (+10) +14 +28 +19 +35 +37 +21 - Autos/transport equipment(+20) -14 +34 +46 +30 +16 +30 - Precision machinery/others(+27) +27 +16 +17 +12 +15 +17 =============================================================== NON-MANUFACTURERS (+7) -2 +5 -3 0 +2 -3 --------------------------------------------------------------- - Real estate/construction (0) -4 +5 +5 0 0 +4 - Retail/wholesale (0) -3 +9 0 -5 -6 -3 - Wholesalers (0) +17 +6 +6 +5 -5 -5 - Retailers (0) -22 +11 -5 -22 -9 0 - Information/communications(+50) +50 +27 +36 +60 +60 +64 - Transport/utility (+24) +5 +10 0 +5 +12 -21 - Other services (-10) -28 -15 -32 -25 -19 -27 =============================================================== *** COMPARISON WITH BANK OF JAPAN TANKAN *** =============================================================== MANUFACTURERS NON-MANUFACTURERS RTRS BOJ RTRS BOJ --------------------------------------------------------------- DEC 2021 (forecast) (+19) - (+7) - NOV - - - - OCT - - - - SEPT +18 (+13) -2 (+3) AUG +33 - +5 - JULY +25 - -3 - JUNE +22 +14 0 +1 MAY +21 - +2 - APR +13 - -3 - MAR +6 +5 -5 -1 FEB +3 - -7 - JAN -1 - -11 - DEC 2020 -9 -10 -4 -5 NOV -13 - -13 - OCT -26 - -16 - SEP -29 -27 -18 -12 AUG -33 - -23 - JULY -44 - -26 - JUNE -46 -34 -32 -17 MAY -44 - -36 - APRIL -30 - -23 - MARCH -20 -8 -10 +8 FEB -5 - +15 - JAN -6 - +14 - DEC 2019 -6 0 +14 +20 NOV -9 - +12 - OCT -5 - +25 - SEP -7 +5 +19 +21 AUG -4 - +13 - JULY +3 - +25 - JUNE +6 +7 +22 +23 MAY +12 - +27 - APRIL +8 - +24 - MARCH +10 +12 +22 +21 FEB +13 - +22 - JAN +18 - +31 - DEC 2018 +23 +19 +31 +24 NOV +26 - +30 - OCT +28 - +24 - SEPT +26 +19 +33 +22 AUG +30 - +25 - JULY +25 - +34 - JUNE +26 +21 +35 +24 MAY +22 - +39 - APRIL +21 - +36 - MARCH +28 +24 +35 +23 FEB +29 - +33 - JAN +35 - +33 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- (Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Ana Nicolaci da Costa)