This is what always happens when communism comes to a country. The TP shortage always seems to start it rolling.
Re: The TP shortage
The first TP shortage in 2020 had a surprising origin...
About one third of toilet paper is (was) consumed at your place of work or public places like malls, taverns, schools, and colleges.
Suddenly, everyone was using their home bathroom most of the time.
Commercial toilet paper is packaged differently and with much larger quantities, and it is not distributed by the same vendors who stock your local grocery store.
Once shortages appeared at retail stores, panic buying set in, and it took several months to sort the whole mess out.