The phrase "a hefty tariff" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing significant taxes or duties imposed on imported or exported goods.
Example: "The government imposed a hefty tariff on steel imports to protect domestic manufacturers."
Alternatives: "a substantial tariff" or "a significant tariff".
Even during and after the First World War, when President Woodrow Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, elevated free trade to a goal of U.S. policy, hefty tariffs remained in place.
Even China, which places hefty tariffs on car imports, has signalled an interest in joining.
Claiming that NAFTA and other trade agreements have cost countless jobs, he threatened to impose hefty tariffs on countries such as China, which export a lot of cheap goods to the United States.
A Brexit based on the so-called "Canada model" would mean paying hefty tariffs on every tonne of steel that we sell into the EU, which would surely be a killer blow for an industry that is already struggling to compete.
If Trump responds by threatening to impose hefty tariffs on goods produced in China, he could well cause a crash in the global financial markets.
The agriculture ministry engenders complacency in the food industry by guaranteeing high prices and imposing hefty tariffs on imports.
Trump has castigated the politicians who signed these deals, and has pledged to introduce hefty tariffs on goods from China and Mexico.
Responding to complaints by American sawmills that lumber imports from Canada violated international trade rules, the United States Commerce Department imposed hefty tariffs in the spring of 2002 on Canadian softwood lumber.
Many worry that the hefty tariffs will drive away foreign suppliers, yet will not provide the economic support American companies need to stay solvent.
By John Cassidy June 21, 2016 Donald Trump has said he wants to enact big tax cuts, impose drastic immigration reform, and levy hefty tariffs on goods from China and Mexico.
