The German tariff of 1887 was a protectionist law passed by the Reichstag (under the guidance of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck) that raised tariffs on agricultural imports into Imperial Germany.
[1] The tariff of 1885 had raised the duties on wheat and rye to 3 marks per 100kg, with those on oats and barley raised to 1.50 marks.
[5] Bismarck had requested a wheat and rye duty of 6 marks, but the Reichstag voted for 5 marks.
[6] Many of the duties in the tariff were lowered by commercial treaties with Austria-Hungary and Italy negotiated by Bismarck's successor Leo von Caprivi.
[8] The duties on butter, cheese, eggs, meat, bullocks, cows, pigs and wine remained unchanged.