The phrase "a system of tariffs" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing economic policies, trade regulations, or government measures related to taxation on imported or exported goods.
Example: "The government implemented a system of tariffs to protect local industries from foreign competition."
Alternatives: "a tariff framework" or "a tariff structure".
The government of the United States, for example, from its inception in 1789, allotted funds or subsidies for the support of agriculture, maintained a system of tariffs for its own revenue and the support of domestic manufacturers, patronized the arts and sciences, and engaged in various kinds of public works to advance commerce and promote the general welfare.
Hamilton took the lead in the funding of the states' debts by the Federal government, the establishment of a national bank, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain.
In 2007, Chinese regulators instituted a system of tariff surcharges to compensate grid companies for the high costs incurred in purchasing non-hydro renewable power and to self-fund growing penetration of renewables within the energy mix.
The parties to a system of preferential tariffs levy lower rates of duty on imports from one another than they do on imports from third countries.
Messrs Mattoo and Subramanian provide an answer to how a system of carbon tariffs might be designed.
In April 2005, China began a system of levying tariffs on auto parts based on the amount of imports in the complete vehicle.
In 1903, the Independent Labour party conference amended a resolution on free trade with the caveat that a "system of preferential tariffs" was the only way to prevent foreigners dumping their surplus on the British market.
For example, Great Britain and its Commonwealth countries operated a system of reciprocal tariff preferences after 1919.
The accord announced on Wednesday by Robert B. Zoellick, the United States trade representative, and Pascal Lamy, the European commissioner for trade, establishes a transition period of four and a half years beginning July 1 during which Europe will change from a system of quotas and tariffs to a tariff-only import regime in 2006.
Latin America supplies the rest, under a complex system of tariffs, quotas and licences.
It also calls for a new system of tariffs to incentivise high-quality care.
