There are a lot of non-abusive reasons why Motorola might start by pricing the Moto G as if it were imported, even if most of them will be manufactured locally.

There are a lot of non-abusive reasons why Motorola might start by pricing the Moto G as if it were imported, even if most of them will be manufactured locally. For instance, depending on how far along local production is, Motorola may well have imported launch stock. Or Motorola may be worried they'll end up stuck between importing stock or leaving sales on the table if they underestimated Brazilian demand. Or maybe there are issues with some imported parts or ... Once they reach a steady-state where they can forecast demand and Brazil is comfortably a net exporter of Moto Gs, it should be different, but, in the short run, Motorola has sensible reasons to be cautious.