As Ebola remains the top public health issue in West Africa and abroad, mounting concerns over the spread of the virus has caused cocoa prices to rise over the past month. Rising global demand was already contributing to the increase in cocoa prices, however, two confirmed cases of Ebola in the United States have raised fears that the virus will soon spread well beyond Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, with two of their closest neighbors Ghana and the Ivory Coast also a vulnerable area.

According to data from Capital Economics, Ghana and the Cote d’Ivoire account for about 58% of the global supply of cocoa. The proximity of these two countries to the center of the epidemic has raised concerns over the future availability of cocoa. In addition, Nigeria, the world’s fourth largest producer of the commodity, has had nineteen confirmed cases of Ebola.

The anticipation of a shortage has caused short-term demand for cocoa to increase even more. Compared to September 2013, prices in September 2014 were 30% higher. According to the Wall Street Journal Market Data Group, cocoa prices remain greater than $3,000 per ton. They rose above $3,200 per ton in the early morning hours of October 13, 2014. By mid-day on the 13th, prices hovered around $3,060 per ton.

Despite the worries over cocoa supplies, executives at Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) don’t seem to be as concerned. In a statement to CBS MoneyWatch, Jeff Beckman, Director of Corporate Communications, said that the company’s suppliers in West Africa have assured them that regular shipments will be maintained.

In an interview with CNBC last week, Hershey CEO John Bilbrey reiterated that cocoa supplies out of West Africa will not be disrupted, and the company’s prices would not rise ahead of Halloween. He described the cocoa market as a “structured market” where Hershey could make purchase orders ahead of time. According to him, the company has already stored away most of its cocoa stock for 2015. Despite the uninterrupted supply of the commodity, Mr. Bilbrey expects Hershey’s prices to increase next year just as they did earlier in 2014.