Compounded levy for embroidery machines fixed per meter length per shift for embroidery on textile bases. Pursuant to rule 96ZI of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 and superseding the earlier 1982 notification, the Central Government prescribes a rate of duty of Rs. 25 per meter length of the machines per shift for embroidery machines utilised to produce embroidery in the piece, in strips, or in motifs on bases of cotton, man-made, silk or woollen fabrics.