diff --git a/import-export-cli/cmd/importAPI.go b/import-export-cli/cmd/importAPI.go
index 94d4196f5..4c05e1fdd 100644
--- a/import-export-cli/cmd/importAPI.go
+++ b/import-export-cli/cmd/importAPI.go
@@ -158,11 +158,37 @@ func mergeAPI(apiDirectory string, environmentParams *params.Environment) error
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if !isEndpointsFieldsValid(environmentParams.Endpoints, environmentParams.LoadBalanceEndpoints, environmentParams.FailoverEndpoints) {
+		return errors.New("Please specify only one field from endpoints, loadBalanceEndpoints or failOverEndpoints in the api_params.yaml file for " +
+			environmentParams.Name + " and continue...")
+	}
+
 	configData, err := json.Marshal(environmentParams.Endpoints)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// If the user wants to have load balancing, environmentParams.LoadBalanceEndpoints will not be null
+	if environmentParams.LoadBalanceEndpoints != nil {
+		environmentParams.LoadBalanceEndpoints.EndpointType = "load_balance"
+		// The default class of the algorithm to be used should be set to RoundRobin
+		environmentParams.LoadBalanceEndpoints.AlgorithmClassName = "org.apache.synapse.endpoints.algorithms.RoundRobin"
+		configData, err = json.Marshal(environmentParams.LoadBalanceEndpoints)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If the user wants to have failover, environmentParams.FailoverEndpoints will not be null
+	if environmentParams.FailoverEndpoints != nil {
+		environmentParams.FailoverEndpoints.EndpointType = "failover"
+		environmentParams.FailoverEndpoints.Failover = true
+		configData, err = json.Marshal(environmentParams.FailoverEndpoints)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	mergedAPIEndpoints, err := utils.MergeJSON([]byte(apiEndpointData), configData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -191,6 +217,16 @@ func mergeAPI(apiDirectory string, environmentParams *params.Environment) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+// isEndpointsFieldsValid returns false if either of the two fields: endpoints, loadBalanceEndpoints and failOverEndpoints are defined
+// in api_params.yaml file by the user mistakenly. This will return true , if only one of them is defined.
+func isEndpointsFieldsValid(endpoints *params.EndpointData, loadBalanceEndpoints *params.LoadBalanceEndpointsData, failoverEndpoints *params.FailoverEndpointsData) bool {
+	if endpoints != nil {
+		return loadBalanceEndpoints == nil && failoverEndpoints == nil
+	} else {
+		return (loadBalanceEndpoints != nil && failoverEndpoints == nil) || (loadBalanceEndpoints == nil && failoverEndpoints != nil)
+	}
+}
+
 // resolveImportFilePath resolves the archive/directory for import
 // First will resolve in given path, if not found will try to load from exported directory
 func resolveImportFilePath(file, defaultExportDirectory string) (string, error) {
@@ -803,7 +839,7 @@ func ImportAPI(credential credentials.Credential, importPath, apiImportExportEnd
 		}
 
 		// check for API existence
-		id, err := getApiID(apiInfo.ID.APIName, apiInfo.ID.Version, providerName , importEnvironment, accessOAuthToken)
+		id, err := getApiID(apiInfo.ID.APIName, apiInfo.ID.Version, providerName, importEnvironment, accessOAuthToken)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/import-export-cli/specs/params/params.go b/import-export-cli/specs/params/params.go
index 24dff2811..e7ebb0bbd 100644
--- a/import-export-cli/specs/params/params.go
+++ b/import-export-cli/specs/params/params.go
@@ -36,6 +36,36 @@ type EndpointData struct {
 	Sandbox *Endpoint `yaml:"sandbox" json:"sandbox_endpoints,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// LoadBalanceEndpointsData contains details about endpoints mainly to be used in load balancing
+type LoadBalanceEndpointsData struct {
+	EndpointType string `yaml:"endpoint_type" json:"endpoint_type"`
+	// Production endpoints list for load balancing
+	Production []Endpoint `yaml:"production" json:"production_endpoints,omitempty"`
+	// Sandbox endpoints list for load balancing
+	Sandbox []Endpoint `yaml:"sandbox" json:"sandbox_endpoints,omitempty"`
+	// Session management method from the load balancing group. Values can be "none", "transport" (by default), "soap", "simpleClientSession" (Client ID)
+	SessionManagement string `yaml:"sessionManagement" json:"sessionManagement,omitempty"`
+	// Session timeout means the number of milliseconds after which the session would time out
+	SessionTimeout int `yaml:"sessionTimeOut" json:"sessionTimeOut,omitempty"`
+	// Class name for algorithm to be used if load balancing should be done
+	AlgorithmClassName string `yaml:"algoClassName" json:"algoClassName,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// FailoverEndpointsData contains details about endpoints mainly to be used in load balancing
+type FailoverEndpointsData struct {
+	EndpointType string `yaml:"endpoint_type" json:"endpoint_type"`
+	// Primary production endpoint for failover
+	Production *Endpoint `yaml:"production" json:"production_endpoints,omitempty"`
+	// Production failover endpoints list for failover
+	ProductionFailovers []Endpoint `yaml:"productionFailovers" json:"production_failovers,omitempty"`
+	// Primary sandbox endpoint for failover
+	Sandbox *Endpoint `yaml:"sandbox" json:"sandbox_endpoints,omitempty"`
+	// Production failover endpoints list for failover endpoint types
+	SandboxFailovers []Endpoint `yaml:"sandboxFailovers" json:"sandbox_failovers,omitempty"`
+	// To enable failover endpoints
+	Failover bool `yaml:"failOver" json:"failOver,omitempty"`
+}
+
 // Cert stores certificate details
 type Cert struct {
 	// Host of the certificate
@@ -54,6 +84,10 @@ type Environment struct {
 	Name string `yaml:"name"`
 	// Endpoints contain details about endpoints in a configuration
 	Endpoints *EndpointData `yaml:"endpoints"`
+	// LoadBalanceEndpoints contain details about endpoints in a configuration for load balancing scenarios
+	LoadBalanceEndpoints *LoadBalanceEndpointsData `yaml:"loadBalanceEndpoints"`
+	// FailoverEndpoints contain details about endpoints in a configuration for failover scenarios
+	FailoverEndpoints *FailoverEndpointsData `yaml:"failoverEndpoints"`
 	// GatewayEnvironments contains environments that used to deploy API
 	GatewayEnvironments []string `yaml:"gatewayEnvironments"`
 	// Certs for environment
@@ -116,7 +150,6 @@ func ExtractAPIEndpointConfig(b []byte) (string, error) {
 	return apiConfig.EPConfig, err
 }
 
-
 // GetEnv returns the EndpointData associated for key in the ApiParams, if not found returns nil
 func (config ApiParams) GetEnv(key string) *Environment {
 	for index, env := range config.Environments {
@@ -126,4 +159,3 @@ func (config ApiParams) GetEnv(key string) *Environment {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-