MILAN: Italy’s Ferrero is closing in on a $2.8-billion deal for Nestle’s US confectionary business, Bloomberg said Wednesday, amid signs a deal could be completed by Sunday.

Nestle USA registered sales of some 900 million Swiss francs (828 million euros/$900 million) in 2016, in a market worth an overall $8 billion, according to Ibis World -- equivalent to around a fifth of the global market.

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