Tea leaves are a major export for Malawi. Although production lacks any real scale, it is an important source of foreign exchange. Most unprocessed leaves are shipped to Britain to produce black tea.
茶葉曾是馬拉威出口的大宗，雖然產量不大，卻是主要的外匯來源，未加工的茶葉主要銷往英國製成紅茶。