According to some petroleum distributors, retail gasoline stations are incurring a loss of VND1,000 on each litre of MOGAS 92 sold and have been continuously petitioning the government for a domestic price adjustment. The Ministry of Finance has yet to respond as they are worried about the impact on inflation at a time when they want to ease monetary policy to spur growth. The government has an alternative option, which is to reduce the import tax, but this would squeeze tax revenues.