RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil logged a record $48-million trade surplus last year, a silver lining to its economic and political turmoil, the government said Monday.

The country’s key oil, auto and sugar exports fell at a slower pace than its plunging imports, foreign trade secretary Abrao Neto said.

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