Indium (III) was selectively extracted at pH 5.2–5.9 with N-p-methoxyphenyl-2-furylacrylohydroxamic acid (MFHA) into chloroform. BPAR [5-bromo-4(2-pyridylazo) resorcinal] was added to the extract to form an intensely red coloured ternary complex measurable spectrophotometrically at 515 nm (ϵ = 5.81 × 1041 mol−1cm−1). The extraction system enabled enrichment of indium and determination of the metal down to 10−4ppm (0.1 ppb) levels. For atomic absorption spectrometric determination, indium was extracted with MFHA into methyl isobuyl ketone and measured at 303.9 nm resonance line in the air-acetylene flame. Both the methods were